An Indiana man who was asked to fill in for the local gravedigger in 1952 is now retiring after a record-breaking 73 years and 75 days on the job.

PILLAGER - LeRoy Van Vickle wasn't sure how his grandfather Vernie first got the job digging graves in the area. The year was 1945. "I think they just needed somebody and he was doing some farming ...

The Clay City Fire Department responded to a fully-engulfed barn fire during the early-morning hours of Thursday.

The goal is for the event to pique interest in the profession for young people in hopes they want to become funeral workers. There’s no shortage of Internet challenges, but this one done in Russia ...

Spade-wielding participants line up for the burial battle in the city of Szekszárd James Crisp is The Telegraph’s Europe Editor. He has covered the EU and Europe for The Telegraph since 2017. He was ...