Gallop Funeral Services, Inc. proudly marks its 20th year of serving families throughout Nags Head, the greater Outer Banks, and Currtuck County with dignity and unwavering compassion.

A third panther death is being reported by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the suspected victim of a vehicle ...

Grieving families have been forced to borrow at high rates of interest and crowdfund to cover the surging cost of funerals, new research reveals. SunLife – which has tracked the cost of funerals for ...

Bereaved families are turning to crowdfunding and loan sharks to pay for funerals as the cost of a traditional service saw its biggest annual increase since 2016, according to an annual report. The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Bereaved families are turning to crowdfunding and loan sharks to pay for funerals as the cost of a traditional service saw its biggest annual increase since 2016, according to an annual report. The ...

When he first started work as the music teacher for the Athena-Weston School District, Jacob Gau had to give himself a crash course in the bagpipes. Now in his second year, Gau has moved onto printing ...

Death awaits at the end of every human life, and this profound event is also the entry point to the final judgment by Jesus that will determine the permanent destination of every human soul: heaven or ...

When I was in seminary back in the mid-1980s, I was informed by some of my seminary teachers that the old funeral (requiem) Masses were a very dark affair. Black vestments and somber prayers, all ...

Editor’s note: Han Yun’s family has a long tradition of serving as “daliao,” the local name given to funeral celebrants in China’s northern city of Tianjin. The role involves handling the remains, ...

The National Funeral Directors Association says the cremation rate in the United States could potentially exceed 80 percent by 2045. Over 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication recalled. See ...