Tivon Feeley, of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources forest health program, provided the following information about one threat to a popular Iowa tree: One of Iowa's most identifiable trees is ...

ALSIP, Ill. (WLS) -- Friday marks a new day for Burr Oak Cemetery, after the historic burial site became the focus of scandal in 2009. The Cook County Sheriff's Department discovered that graves were ...

A former backhoe operator at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery was sentenced to three years probation Friday for desecrating bodies and removing skeletal remains to sell more graves to unsuspecting ...

The beleaguered Burr Oak Cemetery, a historic graveyard where former workers allegedly dug up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots, is on its way to having a new owner. Federal Bankruptcy Judge ...

Officials found hundreds of desecrated graves and human remains piled at the far end of Burr Oak Cemetery outside Chicago. Chicago Times columnist Dawn Turner Trice has relatives there. She's trying ...

ALSIP, Ill. (WLS) -- The Friends of Burr Oak group gathered at Burr Oak Cemetery on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of a grave-selling scheme that was exposed in Alsip, Ill. Four cemetery ...

Does your oak tree have brown leaves? If it is a Bur Oak tree, then it may be affected by Bur Oak Blight. The Extension office has seen several pictures over the last couple of weeks of Bur Oak Blight ...

BURR OAK -- With a two-year history as its foundation, the Burr Oak Heritage Days celebration is establishing its niche in St. Joseph County's community festival circuit. Organizers of the third ...

Don’t feel like rummaging through molded filing cabinets infested with rats' nests to find out about your loved ones buried at Burr Oak? The Cook County Sheriff’s Office says that starting later this ...

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...