- Families struggle to find graves amid overgrown grass and brush
- Understaffing and rain cited as maintenance challenges
- Residents call for better accountability and care
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Visiting a cemetery isn’t an everyday occurrence for most people. But for those who do, the expectation is simple: to see and honor their loved one’s resting place. For one North Omaha resident, that expectation remains unfulfilled.
On a recent visit to Mount Hope Cemetery in North Omaha, I set out to see the problem for myself. The grounds were overgrown, making it difficult to navigate or even recognize individual graves…