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  • Mound of dirt covering grave, help needed to dig out Play Video

    May 18, 2022 2:01 PM

    WALKER - There's a large mound of dirt in the middle of a cemetery in Livingston Parish and it's sitting on top of a grave. Elaine Watts contacted 2 On Your Side after she says that pile of dirt has been there for a year and a half. Her... more »
  • New cemetery faces one last hurdle, neighborhood fears flooding if passed Play Video

    July 20, 2021 6:03 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A new cemetery on Florida Boulevard is one step closer to being dug. The eight and a half acres for sale in the 14000 block of Florida Boulevard could be the future home of the new Resting Place Funeral Home and Cemetery. Monday night, it was... more »
  • Proposed cemetery worries nearby neighborhood plagued with flooding Play Video

    July 15, 2021 6:26 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A proposed development next to a neighborhood with flooding issues has one man taking the lead to put a stop to it. Ty Turner reached out to 2 On Your Side when he learned that a funeral home and cemetery were looking to occupy the land... more »
  • Veteran cemetery expansion project underway

    December 17, 2019 5:46 PM

    ZACHARY - The Louisiana National Cemetery in East Baton Rouge Parish is expanding. It's adding new elements for visitors and space to bury loved ones. A total of 2,400 crypt spaces for casket burials have already been installed and will be put to use in the next year and... more »
  • Cemetery hoping for a life line after dead utility buries business Play Video

    August 1, 2018 6:53 PM

    PLAQUEMINE - A cemetery has been without AT&T service for a month and says it's been detrimental to business. Grace Memorial Park Cemetery has been operating in Plaquemine for 165 years. Jacob Wilbert says the family-run business has been steady, until about a month ago when the phone lines... more »
  • Heavy machinery drives over grave sites, creates muddy mess Play Video

    March 12, 2018 7:11 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A disturbing find at a cemetery in Baton Rouge. A man with a loved one buried at Roselawn Memorial Park is outraged at what he found. Buddy Berry says feet from his mother's resting place, tractors drove right over grave sites and headstones, some stones were... more »
  • Longer than expected headstone order preventing family from finding peace Play Video

    November 28, 2017 6:57 PM

    WALKER - A woman who ordered a headstone from a Livingston Parish company says she's having a tough time putting her father to rest since her order from May hasn't been completed. Krystle Walker buried her father at Vickers Cemetery months ago. Soon after his death, she ordered a... more »
  • Loved one's remains unidentified following flood Play Video

    September 25, 2017 7:35 PM

    DENHAM SPRINGS - A family is having trouble finding peace after their mother's remains were unearthed during the August 2016 flood and have yet to be positively identified. The family has been told their identifying factors may be too vague, which leaves the process, for now, at a stand-still. ... more »
  • Powerful company counter sues family over historic cemetery Play Video

    July 3, 2017 5:38 PM

    PLAQUEMINE- A family fighting against a powerful chemical company over a historic cemetery was slapped with a shock in court. The family accuses Axiall of limiting access to the cemetery and taking a public road. Axiall is now suing the family, and their attorney called those actions outrageous. The plaintiffs... more »
  • Families, veterans pay respects on Memorial Day at Port Hudson National Cemetery Play Video

    May 29, 2017 7:21 PM

    ZACHARY - Military veterans and their families came together to salute local soldiers on Memorial Day during a ceremony at the Port Hudson National Cemetery in Zachary. Hundreds gathered to pay their respects to the veterans buried there. One veteran, 86-year old Bobby Snowden, served in the Korean War... more »
  • Descendants of slave claim chemical plant locked them out of historic cemetery Play Video

    May 17, 2017 6:55 PM

    PLAQUEMINE- The descendants of a slave in Iberville Parish say money and power prevented them from paying respects to their loved one. Over the weekend, the family says they were locked out by a chemical plant that borders the cemetery property. It's a long-standing legal battle. The First Circuit Court... more »
  • Investigators swarm area funeral home, cemetery Tuesday Play Video

    April 18, 2017 11:52 AM

    BATON ROUGE – Sources confirmed there's an inquiry into a funeral home here and investigators were at the business Tuesday, looking into possible issues. The investigation centers on Winnfield Funeral Home where human remains appeared to have been accidentally unearthed Friday. It's not clear what the investigation into the... more »
  • Sheriff seeking suspects for vandalism at East Feliciana cemetery Play Video

    April 17, 2017 6:39 PM

    EAST FELICIANA – The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff is looking for suspects who caused damage to an old cemetery. The cemetery, Scott Cemetery, is located deep in the woods of the parish and some of the graves date back to the 1830's. However, vandals knocked down the cemetery's... more »
  • Human remains may have been inadvertently taken from cemetery Play Video

    April 14, 2017 4:04 PM

    BATON ROUGE – In a bizarre sequence of events, it appears an attempt at being friendly turned into a strange case of disturbed graves and possible missing human remains. Friday, crime scene investigators were called to the Winnfield Memorial Park on Plank Road where workers had discovered human remains... more »
  • Graves reburied in Livingston Parish after destroyed by flood Play Video

    April 10, 2017 7:28 PM

    LIVINGSTON – Caskets are getting reburied at the Plainview Cemetery in Livingston Parish. It was the hardest hit cemetery during the August flood with almost 250 graves disturbed. The state has now taken over the restoration. "It's a sacred place, families come here to remember their loved ones so we... more »
  • Residents upset after drivers use cemetery for shortcut Play Video

    February 2, 2017 6:35 PM

    DENHAM SPRINGS – Denham Springs drivers have been using a cemetery to cut down on their commute and those who come to visit their deceased loved ones are not happy. Memorial Cemetery, located on Range Avenue near Cockerham Road, sees many visitors on a regular basis. One visitor, Robert... more »
  • Cemetery Road in Ascension to close for drainage improvements

    January 13, 2017 11:50 AM

    ASCENSION – Cemetery Road in Galvez will be closed due to month-long drainage improvements. The Ascension Parish Department of Public Works will be upgrading the culverts under the road. Officials say that a temporary road will be installed so traffic will not be impacted while the new culverts are... more »
  • Ascension works to rebury caskets and vaults following flood

    September 27, 2016 11:43 AM

    GONZALES - Reburial of damaged or dislodged caskets and vaults will begin soon, Ascension Parish announced Tuesday. Family members of remains already identified are in the process of being notified. Other families, though, are asked to report the conditions of family grave sites. There are a number of caskets... more »
  • Meeting held to incorporate upkeep for historic African American cemetery Play Video

    March 1, 2016 6:04 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Councilwoman Donna Collins-Lewis is hosting a meeting Tuesday evening to discuss ongoing upkeep of the Gilbert Memorial Cemetery, one of the city’s oldest African American cemeteries. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at Second Baptist Church located at 914 N. Acadian Thruway West. The... more »
  • Exposed gravesite repaired after News 2 investigation Play Video

    January 5, 2016 6:45 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A grave in Clinton is now repaired after the remains of a woman were found exposed. It's a story News 2 has been following up after our investigation got state officials involved . The cemetery is known as Hickory Nut. It's located off Highway 961 on Rist... more »
  • Families of deceased to take responsibility for forgotten cemetery

    December 23, 2015 12:00 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Surviving family members of people buried in Gilbert Memorial Cemetery will try to raise money to manage the maintenance of the property themselves. At a meeting Tuesday night, a group decided they'd take the responsibility since no one else seems to be interested. The cemetery is... more »
  • State launches investigation after WBRZ reports on exposed skull in cemetery Play Video

    December 20, 2015 10:43 PM

    CLINTON - Some residents in Clinton are demanding action over a disturbing situation at the Hickory Nut cemetery. Several graves at the cemetery are in bad shape but not as bad as one that shows exposed bones. Frederick Boyd enjoys taking walks through the Hickory Nut cemetery. He's lived in... more »
  • Family asks cemetery to exhume mystery grave Play Video

    September 16, 2015 11:30 PM

    BATON ROUGE- A mother and daughter spent the day here, driving in from Texas to try and mitigate what has become a painful process of locating a dead family member whose grave site has gone missing. "Originally, the headstone was right here," Carolyn Jones said as she pointed to... more »
  • Family fights cemetery over missing grave Play Video

    September 14, 2015 11:47 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A family is making arrangements to travel from Texas to Louisiana in an effort to gather more information about the disappearance of their loved one from a grave site. "We have no idea whose grave we've been putting flowers on," Courtney Tanner said in a phone... more »

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