CHICAGO — A lucky Illinois Lottery player has kicked off the new year on a high note after hitting a jackpot prize on a Christmas Day drawing. According to officials from the Illinois Lottery, the big ...

Happy Three Kings Day and Epiphany! Today is also National Take Down Your Christmas Tree Day, which has ties to the twelfth night of Christmas, known as the feast of Epiphany, a Christian holiday ...

How wonderful it is to see St Paul’s Episcopal Church decorated for Christmas and those amazing stained-glass windows shining brightly. A bonus is the series of carols which are filling Shilling ...

Happy New Year 2026 wishes, images and quotes with morning greetings, rangoli, muggulu and kolam designs, photos and celebrations marking the first day of the new year.

So here we are in 2026. It's a brand new year for America. Some are glad to see 2025 in the rear view mirror. We understand that. At times it seems our successes as a nation are overshadowed by our ...

THE Christmas blues hit me early this year, right around 10 p.m. on the 24th in church. The readings from Scripture were good and we sang Schubert’s beautiful Sanctus and various well-loved carols and ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Kountry Kitchen is known the for the best soul food in Indianapolis, but the near north side restaurant has also become known for serving free, hot meals on Christmas Day. Volunteers ...

US President Donald Trump -- pictured holding up a bible in front of St John's Episcopal, near the White House, in 2020 -- is not a regular churchgoer - Copyright AFP ...

Christmas under Donald Trump brought air strikes abroad and political threats at home, as the US president used the holiday to project a vision of power rooted less in peace than grievance, even as ...