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'Make whatever contributions you can': Floros remembered for dedication to Mount Prospect

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 02, 2021 1:00 am - Although much has changed about Mount Prospect over the past 60 years, one mainstay the community could always count on was Leo Floros. Floros died Saturday, Oct. 30, at...
Mississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Nov 01, 2021 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Bill Luckett was an attorney, small-town mayor, candidate for governor, blues promoter, friend and business partner of Morgan Freeman and irrepress...
Former Winfield Township trustee remembered as good steward of taxpayers' money

By Scott C. Morgan
Nov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Former Winfield Township Trustee Gerald E. "Jerry" Ruzicka, who died at age 81, is remembered for looking out for taxpayers' interests. The longtime Warrenville resident...
Naperville mourning off-duty death of 'outstanding' firefighter

By Kevin Schmit
Nov 01, 2021 1:00 am - The Naperville Fire Department is mourning the off-duty death of firefighter Alexander Gard, who died Saturday in a single-vehicle car crash in Wisconsin. In a social me...
Indian movie star Puneeth Rajkumar dies after heart attack

By ASHOK SHARMA
Oct 29, 2021 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Puneeth Rajkumar, a leading star of southern Indian regional cinema, died Friday after a massive heart attack, a hospital said. He was 46. Rajkumar was ...
Former director of Palatine nonprofit dies in boating accident 2½ months after retirement

By Elena Ferrarin
Oct 29, 2021 1:00 am - After decades of work in the youth mental health field, Gregg Stockey and his wife retired last summer, on the same day, looking forward to doing lots more traveling wit...
Linwood Holton Jr, 1st GOP Va governor of 20th century, dies

By SARAH RANKIN
Oct 28, 2021 7:00 am - RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A. Linwood Holton Jr., Virginia's first Republican governor since Reconstruction and a crusader against racial discrimination, died Thursday. He was...
Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor Sunao Tsuboi dies at 96

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Oct 27, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing who made opposing nuclear weapons the message of his life, including in a meeting with President Ba...
Mort Sahl, comedian who satirized politics, dies at 94

The Associated Press
Oct 26, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Satirist Mort Sahl, who helped revolutionize stand-up comedy during the Cold War with his running commentary on politicians and current events and became...
Ex-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Oct 26, 2021 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, a major player in a 1979 coup who later became president in a landmark democratic election before en...

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