For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change ...

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, com­memorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of ...

What do bunnies, baskets, colored eggs, egg hunts and candies all have in common? Each of these traditional components of secular Easter observances can be traced back to the German ...

Easter facts and trivia…. D i d Y o u K n o w T h a t . . . . ? Compiled by Robert Strybel, Polish/Polonian Affairs Writer — Polish people refer to <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href=" title="Easter ...

For centuries, Irish Catholics rigidly adhered to Lenten fast laws. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday were such strictly observed ...

After getting noticeably milder Monday by reaching the second warmest day in April so far, snow will be falling everywhere for Tuesday night into Wednesday with a risk for accumulations for parts ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the season of Lent in the church. Join us for a penitential service, where we receive a mark of ashes as a reminder that we are created from dust, and to dust we will ...

Lean hog futures were mixed on Tuesday, with contracts sticking near unchanged at the close and nearbys with in a quarter of unch. Preliminary open interest dropped for the eighth straight day ...

The Northern Lights could be visible in Michigan on Tuesday night and Wednesday. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a solar flare called a coronal mass ejection is ...

A winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 2:12 p.m. valid from Tuesday 6 p.m. until Wednesday 2 p.m. for Oswego County. The weather service states to be ...

The NBA play-in game has added early and extra tension to a long playoffs season. The Golden State Warriors went all in to acquire Jimmy Butler at the trade deadline and capitalize on a ...