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Member of famed Tuskegee Airmen dies from coronavirus

The Associated Press
Jan 09, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen - the first Black pilots in the segregated U.S. military and among the most respected fighter pilots of World War II ...
Corrections and clarifications

Jan 09, 2021 12:00 am - To correct a story in some Thursday's editions, Wayne Hunter, a police officer and psychologist who worked for the Waukegan Police Department and the Lake County sheriff...
Reaction to the death of Tommy Lasorda

By The Associated Press
Jan 08, 2021 6:00 am - Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda. He died Thursday at the age of 93: 'œTommy Lasorda was one of the finest managers our game has ever known. H...
Michael Apted, director of '~Up' documentary series, dies

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jan 08, 2021 6:00 am - Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the 'œUp'ť documentary series and films as diverse as the Loretta Lynn biopic 'œCoal Miner's Daughter'ť and the James Bo...
Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies

By WILL LESTER
Jan 08, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Neil Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the dec...
Missouri woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies

By JIM SALTER
Jan 07, 2021 6:00 am - O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - Helen Viola Jackson's 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old school...
Funeral services set for Naperville officer who died of cancer

By Lauren Rohr
Jan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Knowing the cancer was taking its toll during his last meeting with the Naperville police chief, Officer Juan Rios spoke of the things he loved most: his family, his car...
Huntley Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Albert Schlick dies

By Kelli Duncan Shaw Media
Jan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Huntley Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Albert W. Schlick III died Tuesday evening, a lieutenant with the district confirmed Wednesday. Before serving in Huntley, ...
Bob Brett, coach to Grand Slam tennis champions, dies at 67

The Associated Press
Jan 06, 2021 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Bob Brett, a tennis coach whose players included Grand Slam champions Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic and Marin Cilic, has died. He was 67. Te...
Native American land activist Carrie Dann dies in Nevada

The Associated Press
Jan 06, 2021 6:00 am - RENO, Nev. (AP) - Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation, has died. Dann and her younger ...

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