One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest held a food giveaway that served 1,000 families this weekend.

According to the City of Mount Vernon, this will be the first time in over three decades that all of the MTA bridges will be open for pedestrians and vehicle traffic.

Cowetan Min. Stanley Seldon was only five or six years old when the Rev. Alfred Daniel “A.D.” Williams King briefly pastored ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Little Mountain Grocery in Mount Vernon has been broken into by a group of teenage girls three times in three months, frustrating police as well as the store’s owners.

An attempt to steal $800,000 from two of Mount Vernon's bank accounts was blocked Tuesday but not until more than $400,000 was withdrawn, the city announced. According to city officials ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The search is on for a hit-and-run driver who crashed into a home in Mount Vernon. The entire scene caught on camera! The driver crashed right onto the front porch of the ...

PLAINS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter made his final journey to Atlanta on Saturday and is lying in repose at the Carter Center. On Sunday, Carter’s church, Maranatha Baptist Church held ...

In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 5233 Will Wheeler Road Murrayville, GA 30564. Memorial Park Riverside Chapel 989 Riverside Drive Gainesville ...

Once again Vernon's Emmanuel Baptist Church has brought the ancient Middle Eastern city to life to celebrate Christmas. Bethlehem Star has been a long-standing tradition at the church located on ...

“There’s a dragnet that I think we should all be concerned about,” said Alphonso David, President & CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum and a legal counsel for the Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based ...

For over 70 years, Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Los Angeles has hosted its Annual New Year’s Day Prayer Bowl, a worship service that has become a beloved tradition in Los Angeles and across ...