Pele was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional, too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world’s tallest vertical cemetery. The Brazilian football great, whose funeral was held Tuesday after his death last week at age 82, bought his mausoleum 19 years ago inside the … Read more
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two people survived a small plane crash on Sunday after losing power in northwest Harris County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The video above is ABC13’s 24/7 livestream. Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies said the call came in at 12:40 p.m. at 16181 Fritsche Cemetery Road. DPS … Read more
DASSEL, Minn. – A piece of history was stolen from a small southern Minnesota chapel. The bronze bell has been missing from the Swan Lake Cemetery chapel in Dassel for the last three weeks. Tim Hendrickson was with other cemetery board members on Oct. 15 when they came out to lay a new plot at … Read more
DOGS ARE NOW BANNED FROM AN URBANDALE CEMETERY AFTER SEVERAL. WE’RE SEEING URINATING ON BURIAL PLOTS AND HEADSTONES. DON’T MAKE IT GROW. AND GROVE CEMETERY IS LOCATED AT 71 MEREDITH DRIVE. THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOVE ON TUESDAY AFTER A RESIDENT RAISED CONCERN AT A PREVIOUS MEETIN ‘Doggone it’: Pups banned from Urbandale … Read more
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar is in Egypt on a two-day visit at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry. External Affairs Minister Jaishankar is in Egypt on a two-day visit at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on October 15 visited the Heliopolis Commonwealth War … Read more
Donald Born was 19 when he left Lancaster County to fight in the Korean War.The private first class in the U.S. Army was listed as MIA in 1950. His family didn’t know what happened until his sister gave her DNA to help find his remains.Now the soldier’s body is back in the Susquehanna Valley and … Read more
LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — One Letcher County family’s private cemetery is literally slipping away right in front of them. The graves sit on a hill, but mudslides from July’s severe flooding are causing the grounds to erode. The Ritchie family turned the land into a cemetery in the 1950s. Currently, eight family members are buried … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Matt Baron/Shutterstock Anne Heche has been laid to rest. Anne, who legally died at the age of 53 on Aug. 12 and was taken off life support on Aug. 14, was cremated and her ashes were given a home in a mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, per the Associated … Read more
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local cemetery is facing community backlash after hosting a charity car cruise on its grounds. Jefferson Memorial Cemetery, Funeral Home, Crematory and Arboretum hosted its annual car cruise on Sunday with a beer tent, food trucks and live music. KDKA Some people said the event caused heartache for people who went … Read more
Dozens of families were asking what happened after they found the grave markers and flowers removed from gravesites and dumped at a Jackson cemetery.Shunta McWilliams was one of about 50 people seeking answers Tuesday at Autumn Woods Memorial Gardens on W. Northside Drive. McWilliams’ daughter, 23-year-old Keyunta McWilliams, is buried there. She was eight months … Read more