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.

The National Park Service released the first public images on Friday of former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter's final resting place.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the South Yarmouth United Methodist Church ... 322 West Lamar Street, Americus, Georgia 31709-3543 or online ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The Americus Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing disabled man. 56-year-old Darryl Hutley was last seen on Saturday, Feb. 1, at around 2 ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Multiple law enforcement agencies took a murder suspect into custody on early Wednesday morning. Police say Deavion Lockhart, 28, was arrested by Americus Police ...

Sisters in service In honor of Black History Month, Sisters in Service of Southwest Georgia will host a special community event on Saturday, February 15, 2025, to celebrate and recognize the ...

St. Luke United Methodist Church is a unique church, that is in the heart of the Harrisburg community. Marsha Jones and ...

Americus Rotary Club member and Past President Angela Smith presented South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice student Barbara Chestnut of Mauk with a stipend recently on behalf of the ...

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments. By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on ...

A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme Court today. The controversy centers around who maintains ...

J. Samuel “Sam” Hammond served as the University’s carillonneur, playing the carillon, a pitched percussion instrument, in ...