A former Smyrna police officer has been charged with 19 counts of forgery and six counts of identity theft following allegations that she submitted forged doctors' notes to excuse school absences.

One folk tradition that continues in some homes on St. Brigid's Day (or Imbolc) is that of the Brigid's Bed. The girls and young unmarried women of the household or village create a corn dolly to ...

As a Catholic and a medievalist, I can never resist meeting a new saint. The relic, it turned out, was the saint’s hand, though without any special ornament or reliquary, the ornate containers ...

What a one for the ages movie scene this would have been: A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute couture ...

*1st place monies includes the $3,500 Special Award Whelen Engineering “Winner of the Race” award paid to winning driver.

ALSO NEW AT SIX, A WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR WHILE WALKING ON THE NORTH CAUSEWAY BRIDGE IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH. THIS HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON, AND OFFICIALS SAY THE WOMAN AND HER ...

New Smyrna Beach city commissioners voted unanimously to place City Clerk Kelly McQuillen on paid administrative leave after a five-month external investigation report indicated McQuillen ...

St. Polycarp was one of the immediate disciples of the Apostles, in particular St. John the Evangelist. He embraced Christianity very young and was named bishop of Smyrna. He was greatly respected ...

Creations from more than 250 artists will be the centerpiece of the 49 th Annual “IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts,” a three-day outdoor event that runs through Sunday in New Smyrna Beach.

Every Jan. 24, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Francis de Sales, bishop of Geneva and doctor of the Church, known as “the saint of kindness.” He reportedly had a bad temper, but he relied ...

Saint Basil the Great (c. 330–379) was a key figure in early Christian theology and the development of monasticism. Born into a wealthy and devout Christian family in Cappadocia, Basil received a ...

By “Katholicos” or Catholic he meant universal. Ignatius was a friend of St. Polycarp who was a disciple of Apostle John, the Beloved. And those who doubt the primacy of Rome in the early ...