Rick Brennan watched a parade of people complain over the years about the eyesore in his town, the overgrown mess with closed gates that no one maintained any longer. Homestead Cemetery is 34 acres ...
Pennsylvania state law required funeral homes to put advanced payments in a trust fund for families. The law concerning cemeteries is not as ironclad, experts say. One state senator is looking to ...
Eastern Light Cemetery in Altoona is getting $2,000 for preservation work. Thirteen African American cemeteries in Pennsylvania, including ones in Altoona and Bellefonte, are getting grants for ...
CHARLEROI (KDKA) -- Across the region, it's a sad sight to see -- old and abandoned cemeteries going to seed. A few years ago, the Charleroi Cemetery had ankle-high grass and pathways strewn with ...
Some families are upset that crews at a Pennsylvania cemetery allegedly drove heavy machinery over headstones and graves.
More than 3,700 bodies are buried in very close proximity in the historic Lebanon Cemetery. A growing movement based out of York, Pennsylvania is dedicated to helping preserve the city’s historic ...
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Hundreds of bronze cemetery vases and scroll plates were stolen from cemeteries across Pennsylvania to be sold to scrap yards, according to court documents. Stephen Glassick, ...
Multiple police departments in eastern Pennsylvania are investigating the thefts of mausoleum doors from cemeteries.In Delaware County, the doors were taken off two mausoleums at Saints Peter and Paul ...
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Officials at a Pennsylvania cemetery are warning visitors to watch out for a large black snake, WNEP reported. Groundskeepers at the Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville said they ...
On this Memorial Day weekend, police in Pennsylvania are investigating the theft of about 100 bronze vases from veterans' graves. "It's going to be one of the most significant thefts that the cemetery ...
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WBRE/WYOU) — An investigation into thefts from a run-down cemetery in northeastern Pennsylvania is getting national attention. “How can anyone rob bodies from a mausoleum? That ...