First-ever oversight of cemeteries beginsThe newly formed Cemetery Oversight Board, spurred by last year’s controversy at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. when 200 to 300 corpses were found dug up and piled in an isolated area of the cemetery, had its inaugural meeting on March 3. The board, made of veterans of the cemetery industry and community activists, will [...]

Area deaths for Friday, March 12, 2010Anton, Irene L., 84, Lake Village

Saudis to host conference in ChicagoCommerce minister talks about the need for foreign investment Chicago Confidential: The Saudi commerce minister talked with us about the two-day Davos-style \"business opportunities forum\" it is hosting Chicago to entice U.S. investment, particularly in manufacturing.