Joseph Smith

June 27 marks the 178th anniversary of the murder of, and to some, the martyrdom of, Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the LDS Church, the Mormons. By the time of his death from multiple gunshot wounds in 1844, Joseph Smith managed to attract tens of thousand of followers. He had founded a religion that continues to this present day with millions of followers throughout the world.

Savannah State slugger Joseph Smith has been named to the ABCA/ Rawlings NCAA Division II South All-Region First Team, according to a press release from the organization. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and led by a committee. The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 13,000 members represent all 50 states and 25 countries, according to their website.

Newly discovered documents in a Missouri court archive that involve a legal case against Joseph Smith have provided new insight into the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The documents present the case of Joseph Smith v. Marshall Brotherton in the St. Louis County Circuit Court,...

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Savannah State slugger Joseph Smith has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division II South All-Region First Team, according to a press release from the organization. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and led by a committee. The...

Last year, people were reporting that Zach Wilson was baptized as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and while he did say he did not go to church much as a child, he said he has always had a good relationship with God. Well, a...

Giving back to the community is a priority for Joseph Smith, branch manager and loan officer at Guaranteed Rate. He donates a portion of all sales to several charities, including local nonprofits Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Victory Programs, and national organizations GLAAD, Community Research Initiative, The Trevor Project and Guaranteed Rate Foundation.

Northern Colorado law enforcement works hard day and night to keep our cities and towns safe. Whether they're assisting citizens or fighting crime, their jobs are anything but easy. One of their challenges is tracking down suspects on the Most Wanted list. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office continually updates their...

It is often too easy to forget why one came to this campus, annually transformed by the inexorable march of winter into a den of depression by early October. And yet, one weekend in the fall, I found myself without any buyer’s remorse, filled with only joy that I chose to come here, to this small, freezing campus in the middle of New Hampshire. For the Saturday after my bid night, I got to tour the birthplace of a prophet.

The documentary “Who Killed Joseph Smith?” — now available for streaming for free on Vimeo — is an earnest but deeply misleading attempt to understand the assassinations of Joseph and Hyrum Smith on June 27, 1844. Claiming he has “new evidence” that disproves what prior historians...

Clifford “Clay” Joseph Smith, 76 of Dumas, passed away January 18, 2022. He was born in Port Arthur Texas on June 23, 1945, to the late Eddie and Osage Fontenot Smith. His parents; daughter, Rebel Curtis; brother, Eddie Smith, Jr., and sister, Georgia May Caillouet, preceded him in death.

The Pocatello Idaho Temple has attracted hundreds of thousands of curious visitors to marvel at its grandeur since it opened in September. Now it’s time for the temple to be dedicated to serve its purpose as a house of the Lord. The temple in Pocatello will be dedicated with a...

Mr. Joseph Wayne Smith, 84, of Hudson, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at Amorem Hospice in Hudson. He was born February 13, 1937 in Caldwell County to the late Osco Alvin Smith and Mary Austin Smith. He was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church.

Since its inception, September 1827, many have asked the question: “What is The Book of Mormon?” Some of you may know the answer. Many stories have emerged over the last two-hundred years of its origin and the man who discovered it, Joseph Smith. Smith was the first modern (latter-day) prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints until his death 27 June, 1844. He is often ignorantly referred to as the man who found a golden bible buried in a hill in New York. That “golden bible” is The Book of Mormon, and its discovery was anything but ordinary.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Officials with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued a statement following a fire that sparked at a historic building in Salt Lake City. The fire happened at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Wednesday at approximately 7 p.m. Church officials said the...