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As Cook County sheriffs investigate two suburban cemeteries, federal lawmakers say they'll propose legislation for more cemetery oversight.

Share + Jul 27, 2009 6:33 pm US/Central Reporting Kristyn Hartman GLENWOOD, Ill.

Family members combed their loved ones' graves after learning that a human bone was found at south suburban Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens South Cemetery.

The scandal at a south suburban cemetery has drawn the attention of lawmakers in Washington.

Texas minimum wage increases to $7.25 an hour The minimum wage in Texas is now $7.25 an hour, which is an increase of 70 cents, and kitchen employees at one popular restaurant in El Paso say the increase will help them out.

A bone found in Mt. Glenwood Memorial Gardens South Cemetery in the south suburbs Friday morning was determined to be human, the Cook County medical examiner's office said today.

A bone was found Friday on the ground in a storage area in Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens South Cemetery in south suburban Glenwood, just days after a lawsuit was filed against the cemetery accusing them of a scheme similiar to Burr Oak's. Investigators do not yet know whether the bone came from a human, and do not believe it mirrors a grave ...

Convicted child molester Stephen D. Barnhart was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for molesting a 5-year-old boy at a home where he and his family were staying after floodwaters damaged his Hammond home.

Though they came with heavy hearts, the hundreds who packed the pews of a Glenwood chapel on Saturday were instructed not to grieve an untimely death but rather to celebrate the loving presence of a soft-spoken man who committed his life to helping others.

Funeral arrangements have been set for a Glenwood soldier killed July 6 in Afghanistan.

Derwin Williams and Sgt. Chester Hosford were both killed in action July 6th in Afghanistan.

With Illinois leading the nation this year in bank failures, should you be worried about the health of your neighborhood bank? Yes, a dozen banks - including two based in the Southland - have been closed by regulators.

Three members of the Illinois Army National Guard died this week in northern Afghanistan, two in a roadside bomb attack Monday, and the third in a similar attack Tuesday.

Share + Jul 7, 2009 3:55 pm US/Central A Cook County correctional officer serving his second tour of duty was killed in Afghanistan last week.