The City Council unanimously approved placing a memorial plaque at the northeast corner of the cemetery, with the information gathered about the names and unmarked graves to be housed at the ...

On May 10, 1929, a Lafayette Leader newspaper article reported that Salvador Samano had died and was buried in the Lafayette Cemetery. However, when walking the cemetery, his name could not be ...

About 800 Confederate POWs were briefly housed in a Lafayette slaughterhouse after the Battle of Fort Donelson. Lafayette ...

A vampire lies in the Lafayette Cemetery on Baseline Road — that is, if you believe the local lore. Theodore Glava, who was born in Transylvania and moved to Lafayette as a coal miner in the ...

Kevin Menard, A Grammy winner from Lafayette, La., is accused of operating an illegal cemetery. He obtained approval from the state but was denied a local license because he began work without ...

A Lafayette cemetery has fallen victim to thieves coming and stealing bronze vases from gravesites. Oakland Memorial Park's general manager said someone stole and ripped out close to 200 vases ...

2000-07-24 04:00:00 PDT PACHECO-- The thick brush that covered many grave sites at a historic Pacheco cemetery has been cleared away in the first step toward a long-term maintenance plan sought by ...

About 200 bronze vases were stolen from a cemetery in the East Bay, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The vases were stolen from Oakland Memorial Park at 2099 Valley Road ...