May 2022

Local church news in brief

POWERHOUSE MINISTRIES HOSTS MOTHER’S DAY GIVEAWAY Bring a bag or two giveaway and Mother’s Day Gift to the first 20 mothers. The Powerhouse Ministries COGIC event will take place at noon Saturday at 711 E Lamar Street, Sherman.

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Congress must act now to prevent election fraud in 2024

A group of senators met last week to try to prevent anyone from stealing the 2024 presidential election or from once again inciting an armed mob to attack the Capitol. The bipartisan band, led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), aims to update the 1887 Electoral Count Act, the archaic law that governs how Congress counts electoral votes that became a focus of Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. The fate of the nation’s democracy might rest on whether these senators strike a deal, and soon: If Republicans take the House after November’s elections, a radicalized House GOP caucus will likely refuse to do anything that could be construed as hostile to Mr. Trump.

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