MONROE — The statue that some call “Big Butter Jesus” has burned “in a giant grease fire.” That’s the way comedian Heywood Banks responded Tuesday, June 15, to the news that the Solid Rock Church ...

Time passes faster than controversy. Ten years after it was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, there is still debate about the best nickname for Solid Rock Church's "King of Kings" ...

MONROE, Ohio (WKEF/WKRC) - "Touchdown Jesus", "Big Butter Jesus", "Super Jesus" -- all names that the "King of Kings" statue outside the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio collected from locals and ...

Anyone who’s been on the road a while has certain landmarks they look for. We live in Southern Ohio and when we’re traveling towards home on I-75, we always pass the Butter Jesus. I’m sure any of you ...

MONROE, OH (FOX19) - It has been just over a week since lightning hit the "King Of King's" statue along I-75 in Monroe and set it on fire. That wild video has become an Internet sensation but already, ...

MONROE, Ohio (AP) – A southern Ohio church has drawn a standing-room crowd for the dedication of a towering roadside Jesus statue that replaced one destroyed two ...

Update: The Touchdown Jesus conflagration happened back in June, 2010. This weekend, its replacement was christened. Welcome "Hug Me Jesus" to the world, folks. Which is a much better nickname than ...

So, a 62-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ — a/k/a, “Touchdown Jesus,” a/k/a, “Big Butter Jesus” (it’s yellow, okay?) positioned attractively outside of the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio, was ...

Jun. 15—It has been 14 years since the 62-foot landmark "Touchdown Jesus" was destroyed by fire after a lightning bolt struck the sculpture bust in Monroe in June 2010. Located at Solid Rock Church on ...

MONROE, Ohio (AP) -- A southern Ohio church has drawn a standing-room crowd for the dedication of a towering roadside Jesus statue that replaced one destroyed two years ago in a lightning fire.