In a chamber packed with Latter-day Saint supporters, Nauvoo’s six-member City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve the building of a Latter-day Saint visitors center adjacent to the ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged ...

For one Casselton, N.D., man, a trip to see the rebuilt Nauvoo Illinois Temple brought him closer to his family roots. Todd Hendrickson, bishop of Fargo's Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — It was almost impossible for curious visitors getting their first peek inside the reconstructed Mormon Nauvoo Temple to resist the building’s tactile enticements. Hushed crowds felt the ...

NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have ...

NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- The Mormon church kicked off a four-day dedication of a reconstruction of its most historically important temple Thursday with the first in a series of services intended to ...

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may think they know all about Nauvoo, the Illinois city on the banks of the Mississippi River that blossomed into their faith’s headquarters ...

QUINCY -- Two stories of local interest are featured in the recent edition of the Illinois State Historical Society's Illinois Heritage magazine.The magazine's January/February edition, titled the ...

A statue of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum stands outside the Carthage Jail where the two were killed in 1844. The historic jail is still open for tours. Journal-Pilot file photo Editor’s note: ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Mississippi River town of Nauvoo, Illinois, sits about 150 miles northwest of St. Louis, near the spot where Missouri and ...

The managing director of the Church History Department answers questions about changes to the tours and the buildings in the recently acquired historic sites. (RNS) — Many people were stunned by the ...