Newfoundland News

A PROMINENT Catholic cleric is being sued by Scotland's largest local authority for almost 5 million after a church-run approved school closed with major pension liabilities.

The fire broke out in the basement of the two-story house on Bay 30th St. near Mott Ave. just before midnight Saturday.

A basement blaze that killed 4-year-old half siblings was accidentally set by children playing with fire, authorities said Sunday.

President Barack Obama attended Easter services at the 19th Street Baptist Church on Sunday, a house of worship that he visited the Sunday before he was first inaugurated president in 2009.

Two 4-year-old children were killed after a fire broke out in a home in Queens around midnight Saturday.

New York City police say a brother and sister, both four years old, are dead and another four-year-old sibling is hospitalized following a late night fire in Queens.

St John's Catholic Primary School in Trowbridge raises funds for CAFOD every year and gives support to Christian Aid during Christian Aid Week by sending pupils to help at the Bread and Cheese Lunch, a popular fundraising event held annually in the town.

It is asking for offers in the region of A 120,000, which need to be delivered by noon on May 1. But, two years ago, its worshippers realised that they could not continue to maintain the building and the decision was taken to close.

Jerome Samson notched a goal and three assists as the St. John's IceCaps downed the Worcester Sharks 6-0 at the DCU Center Friday night.

Shardi Janes prepares to display her final project completed for her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Memorial University's Grenfell campus.

CHAMBERSBURG >> About 20 kids and teens with empty stomachs from three Chambersburg churches walked around downtown to spread the message of Good Friday and learn some lessons themselves.

Police have charged a 51-year-old man with impaired driving following a collision late Friday night in Mount Pearl.

RCMP say late on Saturday afternoon, the body of a 57-year-old man fisherman was found and identified in the Deer Park area.

Frank Coleman's wife Yvonne, along with some of their children and grandchildren, took part in Friday's anti-abortion rally in Corner Brook.

The first bricks have been laid for a new 2.7million community project at the heart of a west Suffolk town.

Obekpa led the Big East in blocked shots the last two seasons. On April 3, St. John's announced it had granted the 6-foot-9 sophomore a release to pursue transfer options.

Items seized in a recent joint forces RCMP/RNC operation are displayed at RCMP headquarters in St. John's.

Members of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, along with the Trinity Conception RCMP, conducted a raid on a home in Carbonear tonight for what has been confirmed as a drug bust.

Herb Brooks Jr. from St. John's Church is seen in a handout photo from Joliet, IL on Wednesday November 28, 2012.

Archaeology students from Memorial University in St. John's excavate at the site of an early 18th-century planter settlement at Crockers' Cove.- Images are copyrighted to Dr Peter Pope, Dept.