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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 foun… ...
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 ...
About 800 Confederate POWs were briefly housed in a Lafayette slaughterhouse after the Battle of Fort Donelson. Lafayette ...
Jun. 18—City officials expect the Lafayette Cemetery to soon bear a new memorial plaque that will honor the individuals buried in unmarked graves. At the Tuesday evening Lafayette City Council ...
The Vampire of Lafayette Cemetery // Colorado. Perhaps it’s not surprising that a grave with “born in Transylvania” etched on it would invite vampire comparisons.
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, the final resting place for some 7,000 people in a single city block off Washington Avenue, is one of the Garden District's most popular tourist destinations.
Ghosts: While most people agree that a cemetery as old as Lafayette should, and probably does, have several resident specters, there is only one that causes people alarm, and it is the witch herself.
LAFAYETTE (CBS SF) -- A family is seeking justice more than a year after their son's remains were stolen from a $3.2 mausoleum due to an alleged security breach at a Lafayette cemetery.
LAFAYETTE, Colorado — After decades of Rose Lueras' long fight for Latinx equal rights, Lafayette's first-built city pool will be renamed after her. It was 1934 when the city built a swimming ...
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 ...
LAFAYETTE, Colorado — For the first time in Colorado, a family has chosen to compost their loved one's remains after their death. It’s legal under a new law that went into effect this month ...