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Halyna Hutchins remembered as gifted cinematographer

By HILLEL ITALIE
Oct 22, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin, traveled far during her 42 years. She grew up on a remote Soviet military base...
'I will always remember her kindness': Peers laud former Long Grove president Maria Rodriguez

By Russell Lissau
Oct 22, 2021 1:00 am - During a political career that spanned three decades, Maria Rodriguez wore many hats. She served as Long Grove's village clerk, as a trustee and ultimately as its presid...
Jerry Pinkney, award-winning illustrator, dies at 81

The Associated Press
Oct 21, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children's book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging fr...
Lorli von Trapp Campbell, of 'Sound of Music' family, dies

By WILSON RING
Oct 21, 2021 7:00 am - STOWE, Vt. (AP) - The second daughter of Maria von Trapp, whose Austrian family was famous for being depicted in the musical and beloved movie 'œThe Sound of Music," has...
Bond and 'Willy Wonka' songwriter Leslie Bricusse dies at 90

The Associated Press
Oct 20, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Oscar-winning British songwriter Leslie Bricusse, whose work includes James Bond themes and Willy Wonka's signature tune, has died. He was 90. Son Adam Bri...
Colin Powell: A trailblazing legacy, blotted by Iraq war

By MATTHEW LEE
Oct 19, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A child of working-class Jamaican immigrants in the Bronx, Colin Powell rose from neighborhood store clerk to warehouse floor-mopper to the highest ech...
Retired Rep. Bill Zeliff, who probed Waco siege, dies at 85

By MICHAEL CASEY
Oct 19, 2021 7:00 am - Former U.S. Rep. Bill Zeliff, a three-term Republican best known for helping lead the congressional investigation of the government's disastrous siege of the Branch Davi...
Harry Blizzard remembered for his contributions to Elgin college, orchestras

By Rick West
Oct 19, 2021 1:00 am - Harry Blizzard, a founding board member of both Elgin Community College and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, died over the weekend at age 94. "Everybody in our community kn...
Colin Powell dies, trailblazing general stained by Iraq

By ROBERT BURNS, ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN PUTMAN
Oct 18, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his fau...
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' has died

The Associated Press
Oct 18, 2021 7:00 am - MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou on 'œThe Andy Griffith Show,'ť h...

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