The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan formed a branch in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1920 and nearly took control of the state in 1922.

Birth parents can choose their child’s adoptive family and maintain a loving connection throughout their child’s life.

Tucked above depictions of Adam and Eve, the haunting images of Cain and Abel in the Ghent Altarpiece underscore the wages of ...

He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan ... children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness ...

In Madawaska, at the state's northern tip, fortunes are closely tied to its Canadian counterpart, Edmundston, across the St.

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Here’s what’s happening in the region beginning Thursday and continuing through Feb. 13: • Friday Women of Influence's "Night of Prose and Poetry," 6 to 8 p.m., Flood City Cafe, 137 Clinton St.; ...

As I write this Christmas is upon us, or so the world will tell us. Netflix, Hulu and Peacock are playing Christmas movies. The radio is playing Christmas songs. The stores are decorated. People ...

At the Alton Candidate Forum, City Clerk candidates Cheryl Ingle and Lauren Wilson shared their visions and experiences with the community.

St. John the Baptist did not institute the Sacrament of ... as soon as she is able to present herself in the Church after the birth of her child. In this ceremony the priest invokes God's blessing ...

More than a third of Trump's Cabinet nominees are Catholic. Three — Sean Duffy, Marco Rubio and John Ratcliffe — have already ...

At 11 a.m. John Lynch will speak about Propagating Plants ... 6-7 p.m. Documents needed for registration include the student’s birth certificate; a rent, mortgage or lease agreement; a current ...