Six people have been arrested in Spain for their alleged roles in a cemetery-robbing ring that saw mainly bronze crucifixes stolen from graves, crushed into tiny pieces and sold to be melted down. The group allegedly removed hundreds of crosses from around 20 cemeteries in towns across the central Toledo province, said police. Officers on […]
A passerby knocked on the window of a car parked behind a cemetery on June 26 hoping to get the attention of the man and woman inside, Indiana deputies said. Neither responded, so the person called 911. When deputies arrived at the cemetery in Summitville, they found 47-year-old Michela Hinson dead in the driver’s seat […]
Jun. 27—SUMMITVILLE — An Anderson man has been arrested on a preliminary charge of murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife. Jeremy J. Hinson, 47, was arrested Wednesday by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. He was detained Thursday at the Madison County jail with no bond. About 3 p.m. Wednesday, a 911 […]
Jun. 26—A video of a man picking up and smashing wild snapping turtles near Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery ponds on Saturday sparked outrage on social media and is now being investigated by Portland police. A police spokesman said the department is investigating but would not provide any more information about the case. Ruthann Weist, the police […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Officials are asking the community to help in a project to document and preserve the Plateau Cemetery. Former patient of Gulf Breeze surgeon accused of killing his wife speaks out According to a news release, the project run by Dr. Alexandra Jones, aims to “provide community members and students with the […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department said it will start construction on a new national cemetery in Albuquerque in 2025. Last year, the V.A. purchased 230 acres of land for a cemetery near the Petroglyphs. Albuquerque Fire Rescue hopes to adopt video platform to help with 911 calls Once complete, it will serve […]
Looking for a way to give back to your community? Mayor Sharon Cruikshank of Fayetteville, the Class of 2024 of Leadership West Virginia and cadets from Mountaineer Challenge Academy South have planned an afternoon of volunteer work at the historic Pierce Cemetery in Fayetteville. “Join several volunteers on Wednesday, June 19 (Juneteenth) from 2-4 p.m., […]
STAUNTON — It’s about a two-mile hike from the house on Lambert Street to what was then Booker T. Washington High School on West Johnson. Claudia Strother Gaines remembers it seemed like a long walk as a teenager, especially in the winter with the cold, biting wind fighting her with every step. Every now and […]
The Enquirer’s Just Askin’ series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. While Spring Grove is likely the most well-known cemetery in the city, it’s not the oldest. That title goes to a 2.2-acre spot in the city’s Linwood neighborhood. The Memorial Pioneer Cemetery on Wilmer Avenue […]
PARIS — Not once in his trip to France did President Joe Biden speak Donald Trump’s name. Standing near the gravesites of American soldiers killed in two world wars, Biden shied from overt references to his Republican rival or the presidential campaign back home. Yet in some sense, Trump figured in virtually all of Biden’s […]
US President Joe Biden travelled to a World War I cemetery in France on Sunday in a visit seen as a jab at his predecessor Donald Trump who in 2018 skipped the visit, reportedly calling American war dead “losers”. Biden, an 81-year-old Democrat, is set to face Trump, a 77-year-old Republican, later this year in […]
By Jeff Mason PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will conclude their trip to France on Sunday with a stop at an American cemetery that former president Donald Trump declined to visit in 2018, drawing widespread criticism. The Bidens will visit Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, about 85 km […]