An inmate whose escape from a Kansas prison hidden in a dog crate became the subject of a book and TV movie has died behind bars. John Manard, who was 45, died Sunday at the La Palma Correctional ...

History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men, a voice in the wilderness, the baptizer of Jesus, and a pillar of the Christian faith. Though he met his end at the whim of a vengeful ...

The beheading of John the Baptist has inspired lots of artistic interpretations. When we read Mark’s telling in today’s Gospel, we can see why; it has all the elements of a great story.

A stained-glass window from the former St. John the Baptist Church now resides at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. The window, depicting St. John the Baptist’s baptism, was restored after the ...

SAN ANTONIO - A jury has sentenced a convicted gunman to 99 years in prison. John Chatmon was sentenced to 99 years in prison for a charge of Felony Gun Possession during a fatal drive-by shooting ...

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy. In fact, the Nativity of ...

John Wayne Gacy was executed in prison 31 years ago on May 10, 1994 Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. – So much has changed for John J. Rigas since that day in 2007 when he surrendered at the federal prison in Butner, N.C. His wife of 63 years – Doris – died in December 2014.

A special Mass will be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston to pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis next week, Diocese of Charleston officials announced.

A Las Vegas man was sentenced this week to almost four years in prison over antisemitic threats he made against to two senators. John Anthony Miller was sentenced to more than three years in ...

A 22-year-old thief named for the late John F. Kennedy has caused an uproar in Peru by escaping from prison, shouting out thanks to God as he dashed to freedom, according to video footage that has ...

The pair — whose goal was to carry out a crime inspired by the movie Scream — were both sentenced to life in prison, per the Associated Press. During a September 2016 interview with the outlet ...