Curious about Louisiana's oldest cemetery? This one dates back to 1737 and is the oldest cemetery in the Louisiana Purchase.
A south Louisiana police department has launched an investigation after several headstones and urns were damaged or displaced at a cemetery over the weekend. In addition, some of the graves at Denham ...
A Louisiana cemetery changed certain provisions after rules prevented it from allowing a black family to purchase a burial plot for a relative in law enforcement. Allen Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Darrell ...
(CNN) — When Karla Semien went to a cemetery to pick out a plot where her late husband would be buried, it was as if she’d stepped back into the 1950’s. Her husband Darrell Semien, a sheriff’s deputy ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OBERLIN, La. (NEXSTAR) – The board of a ...
It's both history and culture that have led to some impressive and interesting monuments, ones that can be visited today in ...
The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a Black sheriff's deputy held an emergency meeting Thursday and removed a whites-only provision from its sales contracts. "When that ...
SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery is a solemn site, but you should see what it looks when each grave marker also has a holiday wreath. “Wreaths across America is designed ...
The Halloween season is a time to enjoy all things spooky, and what better way to find a fright than at Louisiana's most haunted places.
On the last Monday of January, Ralph McHenry Boudreaux was buried in grave 499 at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Slidell, capping a service steeped in military precision and pomp.
A small Louisiana cemetery has changed its sales contracts after a Black sheriff's deputy was denied burial because of a provision that allowed only white people to be buried there. The board of ...