NEW ORLEANS — City and state leaders are remembering Dr. Norman C. Francis, the longtime president of Xavier University of Louisiana and civil rights leader, who died Wednesday, Feb. 18, at age 94.

Mr. McGrath is an essayist. He wrote from Minneapolis. In the resistance we drive minivans, we take ’em low and slow down Nicollet Avenue, our trunks stuffed with hockey skates and scuffed Frisbees ...

ST. LOUIS — Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time leading up to Holy Week and Easter Sunday. This year it falls on Feb. 18. Some St. Louis area churches are offering drive-thru ash ...