Atlanta panel to mull plan to move African-American cemetery

A council committee will examine the matter. The applicant wants to move the graves, but the city's Urban Design Commission is against the plan.

Philadelphia graves moved to make way for parking lot

Archeologists are removing the remains of about 1,500 people in the Northeast section of the city to make way for parking at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America.

Remains removal OK'd in West Virginia

A  judge has approved the removal of 22 graves in a family plot in order for Patriot Mining Co. to gain access to 80,000 to 100,000 tons ($5.2 million) of coal.

More on West Virginia cemeteries vs. coal company

The Associated Press reports on the earlier-mentioned proposal to move 22 graves to expand coal-mining operations in West Virginia.

O'Hare Airport expansion update

The Aero-News Network offers an update on the plans to remove graves in the area where authorities would like to expand Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The latest news is that family members of those buried there are petitioning the court to halt expansion plans. Here's a not-so-updated Web site about the controversy. Here's someone else's postings about the subject. And this Chicago Tribune article from late January offers some details about the overall expansion effort.

Mining company wants to surface-mine at West Virginia cemetery site

The Patriot Mining Company wants to relocate a Methodist church cemetery in Monongalia County, West Virginia, moving 22 graves in order to surface-mine at the location. So far, only eight people have signed consent forms to move their ancestors' remains; a hearing is set for Feb. 18 in Monongalia County Circuit Court on the matter. We will try to stay tuned for future developments