DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The former head of a national organization of black Baptist churches, who spent four years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from the group, lost ...

MARIA STEIN —The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office sent out a warning to avoid state Route 119 near St. Johns Road in Maria Stein due to a structure fire just before 3 p.m. Thursday.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Firefighters from nearly 20 departments spent Thursday evening battling a fire that engulfed a church in Mercer County. Joe Hartings, fire chief of Chickasaw Volunteer Fire ...

MARIA STEIN, Ohio (WDTN) — Residents are left reeling after intense flames and plumes of black smoke engulfed a pillar of their community this week. On Thursday, the St. John the Baptist Church ...

Arthur King is a deacon at United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church where Rev. Prince Raney Rivers has been the pastor for nearly 12 years, Friday, Apr. 7, 2017, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Rivers ...

St. John the Baptist Church in Maria Stein, Ohio was engulfed in flames Thursday, May 29, 2025. (Photo: Archdiocese of Cincinnatti ) The station, WDTN-TV Channel 2 in Dayton , also interviewed two ...

Melvin E. “Gene” Bowie, 84, passed away Monday June 16, 2025 at home surrounded by his family. Born in St. Marys, WV on January 13, 1941, he was a son of the late Charles and Zelma Hashman Bowie.

Skughofey Earl, left, and Heavenly Hughes, cofounder of My Tribe Rise, at the Dena Juneteenth Celebration at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Altadena on Saturday, June 14, 2025 (Photo by Jarret ...

The church played host to the happening, with its adjacent property on North Fair Oaks Avenue the site of dozens of vendors, nonprofit informational booths, food, activities and a stage of live music.

A wake for Richard "Dick" Blake is from 5 to 7 p.m. June 12 at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 474 W. King St., Cocoa. A homegoing is planned for June 13 at Richard "Dick" Blake Stadium, Cocoa Jr./Sr ...

A wake for Richard "Dick" Blake will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. June 12 at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 474 W. King St., Cocoa. A homegoing is planned for June 13 at Richard "Dick" Blake Stadium, Cocoa ...