The state archaeologist has recommended closing the Lafayette Cemetery to casket burials. Council members said they need more ...

If you’re feeling particularly hungry, or if contemplating mortality has given you an appetite, the super nachos arrive piled high with beef, beans, chili, nacho cheese, jalapeños, black olives, ...

A penalty that was dished out more than 24 hours later sent the Asian Tour’s Maekyung Open into chaos when a golfer who was ...

Hyattville carpenter Kirk Odegaard builds basic, Old West coffins and caskets for those who want a Western funeral. "This is ...

Paired with the emergence of photography, the world suddenly became quite fascinated with Egypt, "from a preoccupation into a ...

The LSU Tigers head into a new era after the 2025 season, which put a final nail in the coffin of the Brian Kelly era in Baton Rouge. The Tigers ended last year with a 7-6 record and only won three ...

After Moira Cathleen Delaney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of intestinal cancer, her thoughts eventually turned to ...

I lost one patient unexpectedly, another predictably and another soon after that. Each time, there were things to do: write ...

When Katherine and Tony Gelderman purchased the building at 800 Magazine St. in 2010, they launched a multi-million dollar effort to restore the property which dates to the mid-19th century. Their ...

Her corpse was impossibly preserved, as if merely sleeping. At the crack of a coffin’s seal, after over 100 years beneath the fertile soil of the Mississippi Delta, the Lady in Red emerged. On a ...

Shields “Skip” Mayhew shows two of the “priceless” chairs made by undertaker James T. Melvin. The story goes that he crafted furniture from wood scraps left from building coffins. PUGHTOWN, W.Va. – A ...

When MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp received her terminal cancer diagnosis, one thing she was sure about was that she wanted to make her own casket. Brokopp is in her 50s. She's undergoing treatment for ...