Dirk Thompson News Today

A growing number of North Carolinians are opting for cremation in recent years, according to local funeral home directors and the National Funeral Directors Association’s 2022 cremation and burial report.

After surveying Southside Cemetery, City of Hickory Councilman Anthony Freeman said city staff found land suitable for an additional 250 grave plots.

Three of the City of Hickory’s four public cemeteries do not have plots available, said funeral directors Dirk Thompson and Allen Mitchell Jr.

9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." lets go to the ukraine. the prime minister says ukraine is, quote, on the brink disaster. he calls the russian military bases a declaration of war and blames president vladimir putin for bringing the nation to those point. the president expressing deep concerns over russias violation ukrainian sovereignty and the international law. putin defended what he called russias rights to protect its tests. today on "meet the press," secr...