Chuck Rusnak of Clifton stood in the middle of the Clifton Primitive Baptist Church, on all-original wooden floors laid in 1871 for an All-African American Church built on land donated by an ...

In the days when freedom was a dream and owning land was impossible, the slaves owned by William Beckwith were years ahead of their brethren. When Beckwith died in 1863, he left 200 acres of land to ...

The Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church was established in June 1827.  In those days, the church met in people’s homes.  In ...

Charles Ellis Lairscy has gone to be with our Lord Jesus Christ and his beloved wife Sandra. He served honorably in the United States Army and was deployed to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was a ...

ST PETERSBURG, Fla. — "Yes, in God’s backyard." That was the push for a bill that recently went into effect this summer. It allows churches to use their property to develop affordable housing, ...

This is the centennial year for the Scopes “monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, 1925’s “trial of the century”. In the dock was John Scopes, a substitute high school teac ...

FORTVILLE — Fortville Town Council approved a rezoning request Monday to build a development of 99 homes. The approval ...

It’s also why community members are seeking to establish an official historical marker for Piney Grove Primitive Baptist ...

Mrs. Kathy Edwards Handy, age 71 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2025 at her home. She was born in Mount Airy ...

Former NSF President Y. Vikheho Swu, in his Christmas greetings, delivered a message of reflection and challenge at the NSF ...

A true master of many trades, Raymond spent much of his life farming and also worked for fifteen years at DuPont. Never one ...

Mr. Lane Eden Hubbard, age 77 of Meadows of Dan, Virginia, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2025, surrounded by his family ...