(KFVS) - The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation recently adopted regulations for the Cemetery Oversight Act.

The new rules will reflect changes in the Act adopted late last year by the General Assembly. Under the new rules, all cemeteries must have a license to operate a cemetery in Illinois or register as being fully or partially exempt from the Act.

According to the department, the law has already created a Consumer Bill of Rights that requires cemeteries to provide a standardized price list to consumers and to enter into signed contracts with consumers who buy burial rights. Since 2011, Illinois cemeteries have been entering burial data into a statewide data base. To date, over 67,000 burials have been entered into the database.

MARION, IL (KFVS)- An Internet job board is getting rave reviews from southern Illinois businesses.  

Southern Illinois businesses Friday joined state officials praising an employment website tool that links qualified job applicants with businesses that are ready to hire.

"The path to re-employment goes through IllinoisJobLink.com. Today, businesses across our state seek to fill more than 100,000 positions," said Jay Rowell, the director of the Illinois Department of
Employment Security.

. "Here, in and around Marion, there are more than 3,200 available jobs. In my mind, that means there are more than 3,200 reasons to be optimistic."

A sampling of Marion-area job opportunities include outside sales representative, industrial safety engineer, nursing, heating and air conditioning, project management and welding. Each position is expected to include wages of at least $40,000 annually.

(KFVS) - Illinois State Police Captain Thomas Stehley, District 13 Commander, is reminding drivers to avoid the Fatal Four in an effort to reduce the increasing number of deadly traffic crashes.

ISP calls the most common traffic violations the Fatal Four. They include speeding, driving under the influence, not wearing seat belts and distracted driving.

The National Safety Council reports traffic deaths are up 11 percent nation-wide in the first four months of 2012. ISP says Illinois is also seeing an increase in motor-vehicle deaths.

“I would rather see more voluntary compliance from the motoring public than hand out more citations,” said Captain Stehley. “We all need to do our part to prevent fatal traffic crashes. We need to buckle up, slow down, refrain from driving distracted and always remember never drive intoxicated."