Owner of Carlinville funeral home gets license revoked

The owner of Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville had his license to operate in Illinois revoked Thursday in light of an investigation into the facility's handling of human remains.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said that Albert "August" Heinz, who runs the Macoupin County facility, had his license permanently revoked due to "vital records non-compliance, professional incompetence or untrustworthiness in funeral practice, taking undue advantage of clients amounting to perpetration of fraud, performing any act or practice that violates funeral regulations, unprof...