Finding the roots of Prairie Hill: A member of a rural church looks for the congregation’s origins in history
Samson Edmond is trying to track down the origins of his church.
Teen recounts deadly beating inside secretive church
Called to a meeting in the sanctuary of their church, teenage brothers Christopher and Lucas Leonard were told to stand and answer for what they had done.
When the answers didn’t come, the beatings began.
Court date today for 6 charged in NY church beating
A mother charged with killing her teenage son in a church felt helpless to stop an “intervention” that spiraled into a severe beating, her lawyer says.
Police unsure what ‘sins’ provoked attack on brothers
The fatal beating of a young man and the savage attack on his younger brother by relatives and fellow members of an upstate New York church was intended to get them to confess their sins, investigators said, but they still haven’t determined what those supposed sins were.
Pastor: Suspect aimed directly for woman’s head
A man who allegedly walked into church and sat down in the front pew before pulling out a gun and opening fire on his estranged girlfriend and infant son aimed directly at the woman’s head, a minister wounded in the shooting said Monday.
Prosecutor: Church shooting suspect to face death penalty
The white man accused of killing nine black churchgoers in what authorities said was a racially motivated crime during Bible study will face a death penalty trial, even though not all the victims’ families agree with capital punishment, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Confederate flags left near Rev. Martin Luther King’s church
Police worked Thursday to identify two white males who were caught on surveillance camera laying Confederate battle flags neatly on the ground near the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s church.
Judge sets trial for Charleston church shooting suspect
The man accused of killing nine people at a church in Charleston last month will stand trial next July, a judge ruled Thursday.
FBI: Roof shouldn’t have been able to get gun
The gunman charged in the Charleston, South Carolina, church massacre should not have been allowed to purchase the weapon used in the attack, FBI Director James Comey said Friday as he outlined a series of “heartbreaking” missed opportunities and background check flaws that allowed the transaction to take place.
New charges in Charleston church shooting: Attempted murder
The man accused of killing nine people attending Bible study at a historic black church in Charleston has been indicted on three new charges of attempted murder, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Church fires not usually arson; weather found as cause in SC
As social media buzzed about church fires in the South, investigators announced Thursday that weather caused a destructive blaze at a predominantly black church in South Carolina.
As South Carolina honors victims, Alabama lowers its flags
State senator and pastor Clementa Pinckney was carried Wednesday into the Statehouse where he served the people for nearly 20 years, becoming the first African-American since Reconstruction to rest in honor in the South Carolina Rotunda.
Coordinated ringing of bells sends message of unity, healing
For several minutes Sunday, the sweltering skies above this grieving city were alive with the sound of bells: high in steeples and in the hands of toddlers, all ringing and tinkling in unison to honor the nine people cut down during a Bible study at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Pastor, 8 others, fatally shot at church in Charleston, SC
An intense manhunt was underway today for a white man who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston, killing nine people, including the pastor. Authorities called it a hate crime.
In the Golden Triangle, the numbers are clear: Women go to church more than men
Sunday mornings in America see thousands flock to church and Sunday school. As the preacher reviews his sermon’s notes, congregation members fill pews, mothers settle children, friends greet each other and choir members fan themselves with programs.
Pakistan mourns for victims of deadly Taliban church attacks
Pakistan’s minority Christians blocked roads today in protest over a pair of Taliban suicide bombings that struck two churches the day before, killing 15 people in the latest attack against religious minorities in this increasingly fractured country.
Pleasant Hill church sanctuary to be torn down
A local church sanctuary will soon be coming down after it was condemned last month.
Sanctuary of Lowndes County church condemned
A church in east Lowndes County is on the verge of collapsing.
Interfaith house of prayer to be built in Berlin
A rabbi, an imam and a priest start praying together under the same roof. It may sound like the start of a joke, but hopes are high it will become reality in Berlin.
Local church hopes to start food backpack program
A local church group is hoping to feed 40 elementary students who would otherwise go without meals on the weekends.