Kansas county takes over cemetery operation

Shawnee County in Kansas is now operating a cemetery after a couple that had been in charged turned over the reins.

VA gives $10 million for cemetery in Kansas

Propertly next to a veterans hospital in Leavenworth will be developed as officials OK expansion of the Leavenworth National Cemetery. According to a report, the project will:

providing approximately 14,000 additional gravesites at the 123-year-old
cemetery. The new phase will include pre-placed double-depth crypt gravesites,
traditional gravesites, a columbarium and in-ground cremation sites as well as a
committal shelter, water distribution systems, roads, utilities, signs and
landscaping.

Topeka, Kansas, cemetery celebrates 150 years

The historic Topeka Cemetery is the final resting place of some of Kansas' most famous citizens.

Topeka, Kansas, helps fund cemetery

The city of Topeka will provide $60,000 in funding to help the financially strapped Rochester Cemetery remain afloat. Had the city failed to act, the cemetery could go under, which, according to Kansas law, would put it in city hands anyway.