Bond set at $750,000 in Winkler case
A judge Friday gave Mary Winkler – the Tennessee minister's wife charged with slaying her husband – a chance to get out of jail until…
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Spotlight: Sundays with Friday
KANSAS CITY, MO — Ask Sarah Friday if children have changed in her 29 years of teaching, and her response is frank: “They've changed. I…
Immigration a complex matter for border churches
For members of the Laredo, Texas, church, the debate over illegal immigration goes beyond politics. They've seen the faces and speak the language of the…
Across the nation: Pssst!
What's the big secret? Ryan Theis struggles to find out - and to appear uninterested - as Rachel Young whispers to Morgan Casteel during the…
Attempted abduction at Michigan church raises security questions
On a recent Sunday morning at the Mason, Mich., church, a stranger in a Hooters restaurant T-shirt approached a 12-year-old girl in the foyer and…
Debate over immigration hits close to home for congregation
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The first job Cesar Jimenez found in Nashville was shoveling out stables. He made $250 a week, he said, and did his…
Winkler pleads not guilty in husband’s slaying, says she’ll seek bond
Mary Winkler pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder charges in the March 22 shooting death of her husband and told a judge she would…
Across the nation: Sister of ‘first member’ helps congregation celebrate 75 year
— Longtime member Dot Brewer Straughn stands in front of a display at the recent 75th anniversary celebration of the Brainerd church, Chattanooga, Tenn. Straughn's…
Church members demonstrate for – and against – proposed immigration reforms
Abel Alvarez was 5 when he and his mother left Mexico for the United States. They had been living under a tree for several weeks,…
Exodus Connecticut: Stamford church celebrates heritage while forging own path
STAMFORD, CONN. — “Qui transtulit sustinet.” The Latin words, which appear below vines on the Connecticut state seal, mean “He who transplanted still sustains.” First…
