The surrounding cemetery, one of the oldest in Virginia, contains graves dating back to 1702 and serves as the final resting place for veterans of every American conflict from the Revolutionary War ...

Alton embraces its reputation as “one of America’s most haunted small towns” with various ghost tours exploring reportedly haunted locations while sharing tales of past residents who apparently ...

Fixed incomes don’t have to mean fixed experiences – not in Alton, Illinois, where your social security check stretches further than your imagination thought possible while still delivering rich, ...

While Alton welcomes visitors year-round, spring offers that sweet spot of pleasant temperatures, blooming landscapes, and fewer tourists than the peak summer season. April and May typically provide ...

The story of Jacob’s wrestling match reminds every believer: spiritual victory often comes through honest struggle.

The Old Testament contains a record of the pact between God and Abraham and between God and Moses. The New Testament is an account of the pact between God and His creatures. Both the old and the ...

I’m an Old Testament scholar who cares about God’s law. But posting it in public schools misunderstands who and what it’s for. Efforts to post the Ten Commandments in public schools are not ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...

In a short film and in conversation, the German filmmaker ponders the meaning of freedom, the complacency of peace and the new insecurity from Russia’s war and Donald Trump.

This isn’t just a map of Cyprus. It’s THE map ... Horatio Herbert Kitchener – just 28 years old, but already marked out for greater things. Not only a skilled cartographer, but highly ...

She’ll keep on following him for the remainder of the movie amid national milestones, more crowds, dramatic turns, many songs and a multitude of young and old, unlined and weathered faces.

This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence. By Alissa Wilkinson Vince Vaughn plays a ...