Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative allowing workers to earn sick leave for personal or family needs.

Events hosted by Catholic Hoos include “Free, Meatless, Soup Supper” and “Stations of the Cross” in the Church each Friday during Lent.

Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...

At 11 AM, it’s Morning Worship for “Easter Sunday” when we honor the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! The ...

Relive the Music 50s and 60s Show on Friday April 4 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey. A "jukebox musical concert" featuring classic hits with live band, singers, tributes, video and trivia, on ...

The country music world received more heartbreaking news this week with the death of legendary songwriter Larry Bastian. Bastian was responsible for helping to craft some of Garth Brooks’ biggest hits ...

The days are getting longer, lighter and all-round lovelier meaning one thing: we are officially in spring. Finally. We now (hopefully) have months of sunny days ahead of us to look forward to ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at the Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery, built high into ...

His lasting legacy, however, was instructing people to undertake what he called a “Holy Hour” of prayer, scripture reading, and meditation each day. He advised everyone whose schedule ...

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PIA) – More than a symbolic lights-off event, Earth Hour 2025 in La Union served as a platform for environmental education and advocacy, highlighting the critical need for ...

The only times he was not speaking were when he briefly paused for the chamber’s prayer at noon Tuesday and when he took questions from Democratic colleagues. “In some ways, what he did was an ...

He also received a minibreak at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday when he suspended his speech to allow for the Senate to hold the opening prayer. Senate Chaplain Barry Black made specific mentions of the ...