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By Brian Porro When I read the article by my friend and friend of Gibraltar, Martí Crespo, in the Gibraltar Chronicle on 6th ...

Not long after Mark and Lindsey Stinson's oldest son began playing football, he suffered a concussion. Xavier, now a tight ...

Here are the high school box scores for events involving North Jersey teams for Feb. 12. This file will be updated all night ...

Principal Jessica Cook recognized the outstanding academic achievements of Shawsheen Valley Technical High School students ...

and another at Hebron by the oaks of Mamre (13:18). Abram has a son named Isaac, and Isaac is the father of Esau and Jacob. Esau, the first-born, sells his birth-right to Jacob, and later Jacob ...

Led in scoring by the backcourt of sophomore Dai Dai Ames and juniors Andrew Rohde and Isaac McKneely, the Cavaliers (12-12, ...

By R.A. Mathews I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. I didn’t know her name, but occasionally I would see ...

By R.A. MathewsI thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. I didn’t know her name, but occasionally I would see ...

John Jack Biermaier, a beloved resident of Cushing, MN, passed away peacefully at his home on February 11, 2025, at the age of 91.

What the world throws away, God values highly. This is especially true when it comes to people, God's people. God's people are a highly prized, beloved, a small "remnant" of souls saved by grace ...