KEARNEY - The trip across Nebraska for the pioneers pushing handcarts was generally filled with hardships, but the 150th anniversary celebration in Kearney June 2 and 3 should be filled with fun.

KEARNEY - What better way to understand the trials of pioneers than by trying it out ourselves, asks an organizer of the 150th Anniversary of the Handcart Pioneers.Anyone who wants to learn what it ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Amy Dawson knows it's impossible to appreciate the difficulty, risks and sacrifice her Mormon ancestors made 150 years ago when they hiked 1,300 miles across the Great Plains to ...

IOWA CITY (AP) — Amy Dawson knows it’s impossible to appreciate the difficulty, risks and sacrifice her Mormon ancestors made 150 years ago when they hiked 1,300 miles across the Great Plains to ...

KIMBERLY — In less than eight hours Sam Anderson would leave on a trip that would require her to walk for three days and leave her cellphone at home. And the 17-year-old couldn’t be more excited.

CHEYENNE — The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit to block the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from leasing to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a site where more than 100 Mormon ...