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Waubonsie Valley community mourns unexpected death of orchestra teacher

By Lauren Rohr
Apr 15, 2021 1:00 am - John "Will" Burck greeted every student who walked into his classroom with a fist bump and a warm smile. The longtime orchestra instructor loved to crack jokes about the...
Vanko remembered as educational leader in St. Charles

By Kevin Schmit
Apr 15, 2021 1:00 am - Decades before John Vanko became superintendent for St. Charles' schools, his father was a young boy from Eastern Europe who was eager to learn English when his family s...
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and TOM HAYS
Apr 14, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year pr...
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and TOM HAYS Associated Press
Apr 14, 2021 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison ...
Conn Findlay, 4-time Olympic medalist, dies at 90

By BETH HARRIS
Apr 13, 2021 7:00 am - Conn Findlay, a four-time Olympic medalist in the sports of rowing and sailing and a member of two winning America's Cup crews, has died. He was 90. He died Thursday at ...
Shirley Williams, liberal British politician, dies at 90

By JILL LAWLESS
Apr 12, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Shirley Williams, a trailblazing female lawmaker who tried to reshape a British political system dominated by two big parties, has died at 90. Williams' pa...
John Naisbitt, author of bestseller 'Megatrends,' dies at 92

The Associated Press
Apr 10, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The American author John Naisbitt, whose 1982 bestselling book 'œMegatrends'ť was published in dozens of countries, has died. He was 92. Naisbitt died peac...
Australian portrait photographer June Newton dies at 97

The Associated Press
Apr 10, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The Australian photographer and actress June Newton - also known under her pseudonym Alice Springs - has died at 97, the Helmut Newton Foundation said Satu...
Ramsey Clark, attorney general under Johnson, dies at 93

The Associated Press
Apr 10, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy,...
Anne Beatts, groundbreaking comedy writer, dead at 74

By The Associated Press
Apr 10, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of 'œSaturday Night Live'ť and later...

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