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The agency will provide up to $9,000 per funeral through the program. Author: Emily Cohen Updated: 12:35 AM EDT April 14, 2021 OHIO, USA — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is now offering money to help with funeral expenses for deaths linked to COVID-19. The deceased's death certificate needs to show they died from COVID-19 or likely died from complications due to the virus. The agency can provide up to $9,000 per funeral. John Castillo from Castillo Funeral Home says it's based on the funeral cost itself. "Since it's a reimbursement plan, they'...

The news of another mass shooting about 40 miles north at a King Soopers store in Boulder has brought Castillo full circle, he said. He knows what the families of the 10 people shot and killed while working and grocery shopping will face in the months and years ahead. “It’s important the victims’ families prepare themselves for the long haul,” Castillo said in a phone interview while standing in the cemetery where Kendrick is buried. “The devastation and loss is only the beginning when the perpetrator survives something like this.” The families of the 10 people shot and killed Mar...

Gudelia Vallinas, 37, was killed as the gunmen squeezed off seven shots at a unidentified man near the Woodside Houses around 8 p.m. Friday night, police and sources said.

Updated: 12:35 AM EST March 3, 2021 TOLEDO, Ohio — It's a long-awaited step in the right direction for funeral service workers who have been hoping for a chance to get a COVID-19 vaccine. WTOL 11 first visited Castillo Funeral Home and Cremation about two months ago when owner John Castillo told us about 20% of funerals he'd recently hosted were COVID-related. Castillo now says he's pleased he and other funeral workers will be next to get vaccinated. He says there's a lot of them and feels they're always the last ones to be spoken about. "Since we're there to take care of th...

After more than six months, hundreds of millions of miles and what NASA technicians dubbed the final "seven minutes of terror," the NASA Perseverance Rover safely landed on Mars Thursday.