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South Dakota church hosts security training for area leaders

Associated Press

FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 3:01 A.M. EDT.- Nancy Hoover, vicar at Grace Lutheran Church in the West End section of Johnstown, Pa., is shown outside the church, Wed., March 22, 2017. She is doing her part to battle the region's heroin epidemic. Hoover said she was stunned three years ago when she was asked by a young woman to speak at a funeral service for her brother, who had died of a heroin overdose. &quot;They were from a good, middle-class family,&quot; Hoover said. (Todd Berkey/Tribune-Democrat via AP)

Pastors fight heroin epidemic for lives _ and souls

By DAVID HURST and The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat - Associated Press

FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017, AT 9:00 A.M. EST.- Bathroom of the Salem, Va., man who died alone. The deep sense of loneliness was the first thing that struck Tom McCracken when he stepped into the little, low-slung cabin tucked just off a busy street in Salem. &quot;That is what overwhelmed me more than anything, loneliness,&quot; said McCracken, pastor of the CommUNITY Church. &quot;Knowing that this man woke up in the morning alone. He went to bed alone. He struggled.&quot; (Heather Rousseau /The Roanoke Times via AP)

Salem man’s lonely death inspires pastor to seek change

By ALICIA PESTKA - Associated Press