So it went unrung for several years until a separate concrete-block tower was built for it as part of a 1908 church expansion. Westlake United Methodist undertook what turned out to be a yearslong ...

Twenty-six times the bells tolled Friday, punctuating a moment of silence that descended on Newtown, Conn., and many other communities across the country to mark one week since the horror at Sandy ...

(RNS) — Congregations without bells can ‘honor in other appropriate ways, including moments of silence, changing church signs, and more,’ reads the interfaith request about Lewis. (RNS) — It’s not ...

PEDESTRIAN WAS IN THE CROSSWALK. NEW TONIGHT THE CHURCH BELLS IN A FORT PIERCE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE BACK ON AFTER A COMPLAINT PROMPTED A RESPONSE FROM SAINT LUCIE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. OUR STEVE KING ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It's a sound that Grand Rapid's Westside residents have heard for centuries. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church has been ringing their bells since 1924. Sacred Heart of ...

This Easter, church pews are mostly empty. The coronavirus saw to that. But at many churches, bells are still ringing. It’s a sound that brings comfort to people, even as they deal with changes ...

In the Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhood where I grew up, Sunday morning silence was as sanctified as kielbasa, Bernie Kosar and P.O.C. beer. You didn't blast your stereo, rev your Harley or, during the ...

Of all the things that have faded away and become no more than faint memories, the one I miss the most are church bells. It was about 25 years ago that church bells began to fall silent. I don’t know ...

After thieves climbed up to the steeple and stole a set of loudspeakers last month, the sound of ringing bells is back just in time for Christmas at the Arlington Church of the Nazarene in East Akron ...

AKRON, Ohio — Call it a Christmas miracle – just weeks after the speakers were stolen from the bell tower of an Akron church, two Ohio companies stepped up to replace them just in time for the holiday ...

SAN ANTONIO (KSAT) - A San Antonio church is now on probation for playing its bells too loud. It’s the latest chapter in a battle involving the church, neighbors and city leaders. The Infant Jesus of ...