A menorah lighting will take place 5:30 p.m. each night, Sunday, Dec. 14 through Sunday, Dec. 21 as Rabbi Matt Eisenberg ...

Jeff Lundgren's devotion to religion led him from Missouri to Kirtland, Ohio, where he became a charismatic yet polarizing church leader.

Few places along the Mississippi River tell America’s story of belief as vividly as Quincy, the river city perched on the bluffs in the westernmost point of Illinois. Founded in 1825 and named for ...

Stolen, forgotten and misidentified as the bell of the 1840s Nauvoo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hummer’s Bell has returned, 177 years later, to its rightful home at the ...

You know how some places just feel like they’re hiding in plain sight? That’s Nauvoo for you – a historical gem that somehow manages to stay off most Illinois travelers’ radar despite having more ...

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 ...

There’s something almost magical about Nauvoo, Illinois, where time seems to slow down the moment you cross the city limits. This isn’t just another dot on the map—it’s a place where history doesn’t ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 4, 1846, a year and a half after the deaths of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, the first families left Nauvoo, ...

NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- Mormon church leaders opened a plush reconstruction of their historic holy sanctuary Wednesday, more than 150 years after the original temple was destroyed. It was here that ...

Latter-day Saints are covenant-keeping people because they seek access to the power of Jesus Christ to swallow up the pain and suffering of a fallen world and lead them back home to God, speakers said ...

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