NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — They are here from all over the world. Funeral directors, in New Orleans for their international convention. It’s the National Funeral Directors Association Convention and WGNO ...

No, no, no. Please. Stop it. Stop it, please. Must we put the “fun” in funeral? Should we make death as whimsical as a made-for-TV Hallmark Channel movie starring Mary Steenburgen? Why the glum face?

I recently turned 62 and according to Social Security life expectancy projections, I will die when I’m 89.5. With 17.5 years left, now seems like the perfect time to take up extreme sports. Reaching ...

The funeral of a loved one can be a sad time or a moment for the celebration of life. For one funeral home in Wheeling, Illinois, it will be a celebration because of a recent measure approved by the ...

I was just a small child, but I remember when my grandfather died, and I remember when my dad saw his dad lying in that open casket. I’d never seen him cry like that, and I haven’t seen him show that ...

Douglas Lyons' "Chicken & Biscuits" turns a tense family funeral into a laugh-filled spectacle in African-American ...

One of the best things about exploring the restaurants in your own back yard is getting the chance to experience cultural diversity through the universal act of chowing down. That said, growing up in ...

Fire them all. Send them all into combat. How can people be so ignorant, so unfeeling, so disrespectful, so stupid, so totally screwed up? What is wrong with these soldiers today? Military.com readers ...

The play runs July 13-15, 20, 21, 27-29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday July 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12-$15. They can be purchased at wetumpkadepot.com or by calling 334-868-1440. The theatre is located at ...

MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin National Guard announced Tuesday that it had suspended a member from honor guard duties after she apparently posted to social media a photograph of soldiers mugging around an ...

“My late stepmother, Zina Stringfield Tate, was quite a lady,” says Harvey Tate: “During World War II she enlisted in the WACS, and served in Gen. Eisenhower’s headquarters. Later she taught school ...