A funeral home has been fined $6,000 by the state Department of Licensing for failing to reimburse the parents of a baby whose funeral was covered by a charity, cremating a dog in the same place as ...

Humans have been cremating their lost loved ones since the Stone Age, but we've come a long way from the fire pits they used. Modern cremation is a surprisingly technologically advanced business, ...

Marianna Oglesby thought about how she would handle her husband's funeral as his health deteriorated rapidly and he began to slip away. She decided on a simple cremation instead of a big funeral. And ...

CINCINNATI -- A "freak accident" started an unscheduled fire Wednesday night at the Hillside Chapel Crematory at in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to crematorium owner Don Catchen. "My operator was in ...

A funeral director who was charged with racketeering in October has been arrested on additional charges. Kevin Riley, 53, of Somers, was arrested Tuesday and charged with 63 counts of second-degree ...

DETROIT — A Michigan funeral home has been shut down after inspections found maggots on the floor of a garage where unrefrigerated bodies were being stored, according to the state. The mortuary ...

The cremation of an “overly obese” person caused a fiery accident at a Cincinnati facility this week. Fireproofing measures at Hillside Chapel Crematory limited the damage and the spread of the flames ...