Every Monday at 7 a.m., Mike Ward, a former pastor himself, sends out a devotional email with a note of encouragement to hundreds of pastors across the ...

Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Following the release of the 2026 Community Survey results last week, the city of Decatur will host a series of district ...

It took over six years for Latoshia Daniels to go to trial for the murder of Memphis pastor Brodes Perry. Here's a timeline of the case.

One week after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, poet and memoirist Maggie Smith sent a text to her close friend, fellow poet and memoirist Saeed Jones. One week after President Donald ...

A Decatur man has been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of dollars in electrical gear from a church. 'Everyone here is irate': White House scrambles after tariff loss as Trump unloads on ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Communities across Central Illinois were celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. The Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce hosted a church service, which served as a ...

A Jackson, Mississippi synagogue was severely damaged in a suspected arson attack. Northminster Baptist Church offered its facilities to the Beth Israel Congregation while they rebuild. The two ...

Stuart Heights Baptist Church announces that Senior Pastor Gary Jared will retire and transition to Pastor Emeritus effective January 1. The congregation voted simultaneously to install Dr. Brian K.