And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

Thus far, Alabama’s two U.S. senators have been generally supportive of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to staff the top-level posts of his administration — even when those choices come with a lot of baggage.

As we delve deep into the Christmas season — and the reason for the season — one particular Biblical saying comes to mind: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

They were children when their families’ Palm Springs homes were bulldozed and burned as part of the systematic destruction of a community. Now they’re in their 60s or older, and their loss is finally being acknowledged.

Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, the Christmas shopping season is officially underway. But with Thanksgiving arriving late this year, for all practical purposes, Christmas shopping already has been underway in earnest for weeks.

As most of us settle down to celebrate Thanksgiving, we recall the stories we’ve heard since early childhood about the first Thanksgiving taking place in 1621, when the Plymouth colonists celebrated their first harvest of crops and a year of survival.

It’s pretty common for politicians to have buildings named for them. Ronald Reagan has an airport in the nation’s capital. The late U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill, who represented Alabama in Congress for 30 years, was so good at bringing home the bacon, he even has buildings named for him in districts…

Excerpts from a speech by President John F. Kennedy at Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day, 1961:

Asked by prominent Philadelphia resident Elizabeth Willing Powel what kind of government the framers of the U.S. Constitution had come up with, “a republic or a monarchy,” delegate Benjamin Franklin is said to have replied, “A republic … if you can keep it.”

It seems the Literacy Act is helping the students in our state.

Once lost, trust is not easily restored, and the city of Decatur is facing a crisis of trust of its own making.

Consumers of news today get their information in many ways — from cable news networks to local TV news, on digital sites, through social media networks, and news apps on phones and tablets.

The case of a Decatur firefighter demoted under suspect circumstances is getting only more suspicious after the city’s Personnel Board this week decided to move the firefighter’s appeal hearing behind closed doors.

Legalizing marijuana isn’t as hot-button an issue in this election as abortion or immigration, but both presidential candidates — former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris — have weighed in, and for once, they’re in agreement.