PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi -- "When she got off the school bus and saw the light bulb burning in the living room she started to dance around in happiness," said April Martinez, the mother of six said.

A popular race from the past was recreated on Saturday morning at City Park. Race Director Laura Shaffer and First United Methodist Church wanted to let spectators see their friends and family as they ...

Charles M. Blow wrote a piece for the New York Times in 2019 titled “Remembering the Poor on Christmas.” My column last week dealt with the long-vanished local community of Duck Lake, whose residents ...

In the 1960s, when Melissa Trawick was a young wife and working mother living in what was then small-town Mandarin, she wanted to be part of something. She wanted a social outlet, but she also wanted ...

New Creation is the praise group from Christ United Methodist Church. From left are Mark Posten, Chris Berg, Jennifer Leavitt, Pastor Shauna Hyde and Angie Rarey. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — The ...

WAHNETA — Lights are back on at a Spanish mission in this impoverished community near Winter Haven, home to a predominantly Hispanic population that includes many migrant families and the working poor ...

When a measure of economic stability returned to Zimbabwe, South Africa dismantled its special treatment regimes for refugees from that country. It now requires entry permits, work permits, and ...