Local funeral homes and coroners’ offices say they are prepared to handle a growing number of deaths related to coronavirus and remain confident they can keep staff and mourning loved ones safe from ...

Funeral Home owner Larry Glickler places flowers on a casket at a recent funeral. MARSHALL GORBYSTAFF Staff Writer Funeral Home owner Larry Glickler places flowers on a casket at a recent funeral.

ELGIN (WLS) -- Two months ago the funeral for a Vietnam veteran drew more than 600 mourners to an Elgin funeral home. Today there is seating for no more than ten people. RELATED: Hundreds attend Elgin ...

Iowa families — as well as families nationwide — who lost a loved one to COVID-19 can receive disaster relief to help cover funeral expenses, federal officials have announced. The Biden administration ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted every facet of American life. For families who have recently lost loved ones, the way they say goodbye has changed as well. The gates to ...

Gravesites are filling up fast across one of America’s largest cemeteries. “We’ve seen an increase since the beginning of the coronavirus, but more so during this latest surge,” said Antoinette Lou, a ...

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- A family in Brooklyn plans to sue two funeral homes over how they handled the death of their loved one. The family of Angela Rodriguez says her body was among about 100 bodies found ...

ROME (Reuters) - Undertakers protested on Friday against a massive backlog of coffins building up at Rome cemeteries, saying city authorities were failing to cope with a surge of coronavirus deaths.

CORONA, Queens -- Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked the federal government to help pay for funerals for the state's thousands of dead. The two Democrats appeared together in ...

The Clark County Emergency Agency will assist any resident with applying for the new federal COVID-19 funeral assistance program. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will begin accepting ...