Before Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, Vernon Johns had something to say. The southern preacher, most known for his pastoral leadership at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. before ...

Global pandemic. Extreme weather events. Massive forest fires. Political upheaval. Racial injustice. International strife and unrest. The events of the last 18 months have been enough to undermine the ...

A former Vernon pastor pleaded guilty Wednesday to raping a 15-year-old girl who told officers he sexually assaulted her at church and in a hotel room. Pounds Brian Pounds, 46, pleaded guilty to a ...

Lynchburg - The Rev. Dr. Joseph Henry Johnson "John" Vernon, 84, passed from this life to Heaven, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. He was born in Santa Fe, NM, on February 13, 1935, to Agnes Johnson Vernon ...