Batesville Casket Cutting Entire Second Shift
Is it a shock that Batesville Casket Company is cutting 100 jobs, or is this foreshadowing the future of the big B? Last week we learned that Aurora...
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Industry Entrepreneurs Taking On ABC's Shark Tank
On Jan. 20 at 7:00pm on ABC, Twin Cities entrepreneurs Sue Kruskopf and Nancy Bush are diving into the Shark Tank. Chosen among thousands of applicants from across...
Are Funeral Directors "Wired" to Lose in The "New Normal" Part 2
Guest Article By: Alan Creedy, AlanCreedy.org Last week, in Part 1 of this series, we explored the idea that funeral Directors, as consummate relationship builders, may be wired...
Your Life, Your Funeral
Erika Dillman comes by her interest in death naturally. “My grandparents were in the business,” she says. “They sold embalming fluid.” When she was 8, her grandparents took...
Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal Explored In New Documentary Film Project (VIDEO)
In the summer of 2009, three gravediggers and a cemetery manager in Alsip, Ill., 12 miles south of Chicago, were exposed in an elaborate money-grubbing scheme that grabbed...
Are you illiterate?
Guest Article By: Coleen Ellis "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn."...
'Handsome Guy' Bank Robber is Casket Salesman
DALLAS -- The manhunt for suspected serial bank robber Steven Milam now stretches from North Texas to Tyler. His most recent robbery was Saturday morning at a BBVA...