There’s a place in western Illinois where the Mississippi River bends gently around a promontory of land, cradling a town that exists in perfect harmony with its past. Nauvoo stands as a testament to ...

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NAUVOO, Ill. — Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged ...

There’s a dinosaur guarding a rainbow house in Nauvoo, Illinois, and that’s not even the strangest thing you’ll find in this Mississippi River town of fewer than 1,000 residents. When most Illinoisans ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of popular Joseph Smith Memorial Building restaurants are expected to reopen this year, ending a five-year hiatus tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and Temple Square construction.

Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged one of Illinois ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 4, 1846, a year and a half after the deaths of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, the first families left Nauvoo, ...

NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- Mormon church leaders opened a plush reconstruction of their historic holy sanctuary Wednesday, more than 150 years after the original temple was destroyed. It was here that ...

NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- The Mormon church kicked off a four-day dedication of a reconstruction of its most historically important temple Thursday with the first in a series of services intended to ...

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has bought a cherished piece of its history: the Kirtland Temple. On Tuesday afternoon, the Salt Lake City-based faith announced the purchase of the ...