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WMC-TV reported Monday the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers found that E.H. Ford Mortuary Services violated state law by not changing the lining.Former employee Jeremy Harris filed a complaint against the home in January, saying he'd been ordered to reuse one casket for more than 20 services or visitations in less than six months, without changing the lining at any point.The home's director, Edmund Ford Sr., said the caskets were rented as part of cremation services. He said the process gave families with limited means an option to receive more dignified services.Residents sue over plan to build tiny homes for homelessNASHVILLE — A village of more than 20 small homes planned in Tennessee's capital city for homeless individuals has concerned residents who are now suing over the project.WTVF-TV reported on Monday that residents have filed a lawsuit against Nashville's Zoning Appeals board and local United Methodist Church over the project. The 220-square-foot houses are planned to be on the grounds of Glencliff United Methodist Church.In May the board approved a building permit for the project, citing federal and state land-use laws that protect places of worship from zoning rules. Jessica Van Dyke, who lives near the property, said the project is spearheaded by a non-profit using the law to circumvent zoning regulations.Andrew Preston, an attorney for the church, said in a statement that it remains committed to the project.Police: Man wounded in road rage shootingKNOXVILLE — Police say a case of road rage in Tennessee led to a shooting that wounded one driver.The Knoxville Police Department said its investigation found that the driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck and the driver of a gray Honda Odyssey became involved in a road rage incident Tuesday that led to the Odyssey driver stopping in the roadway. That caused the driver of the pickup to take evasion action to avoid a collision.Police said when the driver of the pickup got out of his vehicle, the driver of the Odyssey fired sev... (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Groundskeepers discovered the desecration about 1:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery on Webster Ave. near E. 233rd St. in Woodlawn Heights. Cops were trying to determine how the creeps got into the mausoleum and if anything was taken from the caskets, which were pulled out of their sleeves on the wall. Authorities said it would take at least two people to move the caskets. They did not disclose which mausoleum was vandalized, but police tape at one point Tuesday marked a crypt belonging to the George family.Ex-teacher sentenced after having sex with student at a cemeteryDetectives were on the scene Tuesday investigating the incident.(Sam Costanza for New York Daily News) The 400-acre cemetery opened in 1863 and became a national landmark in 2011. Its hallowed grounds are also a tourist destination, due to the number of famous people buried there. Among the cemetery’s entertainers, writers and prestigious New Yorkers are the city’s 99th and possibly most famous mayor, Fiorello La Guardia, composer Irving Berlin, urban planner Robert Moses, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, jazz drummer Max Roach, “Moby Dick” writer Herman Melville, journalist Elizabeth (Nellie Bly) Seaman and performer Duke Ellington. A call to the cemetery offices for comment was not immediately returned. Woodlawn Cemetery has family-owned mausoleums and community mausoleums, according to its website. On Aug. 15 in Queens, three teenage boys vandalized Cypress Hills Cemetery, knocking over headstones and breaking the marble off of burial vaults, cops said.Teens trash Queens cemetery, target Asian-American graves (VIDEO)The cemetery was declared a national landmark in 2011.(Sam Costanza for New York Daily News) The teen goons also spray-painted racist and anti-cop graffiti on the desecrated graves. No arrests have been made in either case.With Esha RayTags:strange newswoodlawnnew york robberiesSend a Letter to the EditorJoin the Conversation:facebookTweet... (NY ... - New York Daily News)