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Funeral procession Tuesday for former Wheeling mayor Sheila Schultz

Daily Herald report
Jun 01, 2020 1:00 am - A funeral procession is scheduled for Tuesday in memory of former Wheeling Village President Sheila Schultz, who died Friday at 90 years old. Schultz served as Wheeling'...
Former Fresno State baseball coach Bob Bennett dies at 86

The Associated Press
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Bob Bennett, the winningest baseball coach in Fresno State history and a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. ...
Herbert Stempel, TV quiz show whistleblower, dies at 93

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Herbert Stempel, a fall guy and whistleblower of early television whose confession to deliberately losing on a 1950s quiz show helped drive a national sc...
Christo, artist known for massive, fleeting displays, dies

By LINDSEY BAHR
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Christo, known for massive, ephemeral public arts projects died Sunday at his home in New York. He was 84. His death was announced on Twitter and the art...
Curtis Cooke, Hall of Fame welterweight champion, dies at 82

The Associated Press
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Curtis Cokes, the Hall of Fame welterweight who became Dallas' first world champion in 1966, has died. He was 82. Erwin 'œSparky'ť Sparks, Cokes' partner a...
'Father George,' longtime pastor of Wheeling church, dies of COVID-19

By Steve Zalusky
May 31, 2020 1:00 am - The Rev. Jerzy "George" Gawlik, who for 16 years served the faith needs of more than 2,000 parishioners at St. Joseph the Worker parish in Wheeling, died Friday from COV...
Bobby Joe Morrow, 3-time winner in 1956 Olympics, dies at 84

The Associated Press
May 30, 2020 7:00 am - SAN BENITO, Texas (AP) - Bobby Joe Morrow, the Texas sprinter who won three gold medals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics while a student at Abilene Christian University, d...
Veteran AP journalist Alvin Orton Jr. dies in Ohio at age 84

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
May 29, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Al Orton, a veteran Associated Press journalist who spent much of his career on the overnight shift, mentoring dozens of reporters along the way, h...
Wheeling mourns former Village President Sheila Schultz

By Eric Peterson
May 29, 2020 1:00 am - Wheeling officials announced with sadness that former Village President Sheila Schultz died Friday. "Sheila was the definition of what it means to be a public servant, d...
Former Braves C Biff Pocoroba dies at 66; All-Star in 1978

By PAUL NEWBERRY
May 28, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Former Atlanta catcher Biff Pocoroba, who played in the 1978 All-Star Game and was a backup on the Braves team that won an improbable NL West title in 198...

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