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Pearly Young, 77, was killed today in #Buffalo shopping for groceries. For 25 years she ran a pantry where every Saturday she fed people in Central Park. Every. Saturday. She loved singing, dancing, & being with family. She was mother, grandma, & missionary. Gone too soon 🕊 pic.twitter.com/dQ5X9KBJCQ —...
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At least one person is dead and four are critically injured after a shooting Sunday at a church in Laguna Woods, California, according to the sheriff’s department. “All victims are adults and are enroute to the hospital,” the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a tweet. “One victim is deceased...
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Naomi Judd, of Grammy-Winning the Judds, Dies at 76 The country music duo, made up of Naomi and Wynonna Judd, was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday. Naomi Judd, of the Grammy-winning duo the Judds and the mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd,...
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Andrew Woolfolk — the longtime saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire, and one of the OG members through their historic run — has sadly died. The veteran musician, who joined EW&F in 1972, passed away Sunday after battling a long illness he’d been afflicted with for at least six years...
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Celebration Church, one of the biggest churches in the Jacksonville area, on Monday released findings from an internal investigation into its founding pastor, Stovall Weems. The church and Weems have been in a civil court battle that includes allegations of financial misconduct and fraud. “The single word used most...
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Richard Moore, a South Carolina death-row inmate, chose death by firing squad over electrocution but described both methods as unconstitutional. Moore, who is 57, is scheduled to be executed April 29 for the death sentence he received nearly 20 years ago for the 1999 murder and robbery of a...
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Pearl Lane was full of life: she still baked regularly, made trips with her daughters and loved her grandchildren with all her heart. A dedicated Christian, the eighty-three-year-old woman never missed a church service. She spoke in the women’s meetings and sang in the church choir. And by all...
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A 27-year-old Jacksonville man faces 11 years behind bars for the hit-and-run death of a popular assistant pastor on Crystal Springs Road in 2020, according to court records. William Brandon Hodge entered a guilty plea on April 7 on the charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving a death, then was...
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Kansas 15-year-olds with a restricted license will soon be able to drive to church or other religious activities. Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday signed SB 446, which grants teenagers a religious exemption to driver’s license restrictions. It previously passed the House 87-30 and the Senate 38-0. Lawmakers rewrote statutes to entitle...