LARNED, Kan. (KSNW) — The Pawnee County Attorney’s office announced on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that formal charges have been filed against the person who helped Isaac Watts escape from Larned State ...

Every four hours throughout the day the bells of Southampton's Civic Centre clock ring out Isaac Watt's hymn, Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past. The famous writer of hymns was the eldest of nine children ...

Beloved hymn writer Isaac Watts was honoured on his 350th birthday with a special service at his final resting place in Bunhill Fields. Best known for songs such as "Joy to the World" and "Jesus shall ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Pawnee County Attorney’s Office announced formal charges filed against a 38-year-old Ulysses woman in connection with the Jan. 3 escape of Isaac Nathaniel Watts, of Ulysses, ...

As Christians we all enjoy singing about God’s wondrous love. We know the words without having to look at the hymnal. We know so little about the men and women who penned these hymns however. Let’s ...

After a pair of inmate escapes from Larned State Hospital, Kansas officials are ordering an independent security review of the facility. Tuesday's announcement from Kansas Department for Aging and ...

Isaac Watts’s 1719 paraphrase of Psalm 98 became a Christmas classic when it was set to music by Lowell Mason—the “father of American hymnody”—and it is now one of the most popular Christmas hymns in ...

Roy Jenkins looks at the life, work and continuing influence of Isaac Watts, the great hymn-writer who was born 350 years ago. Show more Roy Jenkins looks at the life, work and continuing influence of ...