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A KINAWLEY man is to face a number of common assault charges.

" " A group of young women toast the end of Prohibition in the luxury liner SS Manhattan, off New York, 1933. Before its repeal, the ship's bar was required to close 12 miles out from the U.S. coast. FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Drinking has been so widespread throughout history that Patrick McGovern, an archaeological chemist at the University of Pennsylvania, called it "a universal language" in an Economist article. Indeed, you're hard-pressed to find a culture or event in history that alcohol (or lack of it) didn't feature in some way. In a sense, alcoholic beverages are just ...

Prison is not the kind of place that you would expect anyone to associate with beauty. That’s why it’s so surprising to hear Fr. Chuck Canterna describe the work he does with inmates in prison: “When people come to me and talk about how horrible it must be to work in prisons, I just say, ‘Oh man, you don’t know.’ It’s a beautiful ministry. It is absolutely beautiful.” Of course, it’s not that Fr. Chuck hasn’t witnessed the pain—as well as the guilt and shame—that inmates feel over the choices they have made. Many are unable to forgive themselves. Being identified as j...

Comment | Posted Feb 16, 2021 Fr. Charles “Chuck” Canterna began volunteering in the Baltimore prisons in 1980 and was named chaplain of the Baltimore City Jail and Maryland Penitentiary in 1982. Patrick McGovern, a freelance writer from New York City, spoke to him recently about what it’s like to minister to the inmates there. More » The Word Among Us Archives

Business owners and St. Paul residents are worried after a spike in crime is impacting parts of the city.