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Mentor program for District 211 graduates wins national awards

By Eric Peterson
Dec 10, 2017 12:00 am - A mentorship program for college-bound Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 graduates has been named the 2017 Dollars for Scholars Innovation Award winner. Furth...
Wadsworth pastor emeritus, scholar dies at 90

By Lauren Rohr
Dec 10, 2017 12:00 am - The Rev. George Dyer, a longtime suburban Catholic priest known for his scholarly contributions to theology, died last week at 90. Dyer, pastor emeritus of St. Patrick C...
Judge dies days before trial of private eye over Trump taxes

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Dec 09, 2017 6:00 am - BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) - A senior federal judge in Louisiana died Saturday, days before he was to preside over the trial of a private investigator accused of trying...
Donna McAllister, longest serving Des Plaines city clerk, dies

By Christopher Placek
Dec 09, 2017 12:00 am - Ex-clerk served Des Plaines for 27 years
Tommy Horton, English Ryder Cup player, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2017 6:00 am - GROUVILLE, Jersey (AP) - Tommy Horton, the Englishman who played in two Ryder Cups and won four times on European Tour, died Thursday. He was 76. Horton became ill at th...
Actor Steve Reevis of 'Fargo,' 'Dancing With Wolves' dies

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2017 6:00 am - MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Actor Steve Reevis, who had supporting roles in the movies "Fargo" and "Last of the Dogmen," has died. He was 55. Ralph Foster of the Foster Funer...
Veteran Warren Township High School administrator dies

By Russell Lissau
Dec 08, 2017 12:00 am - A veteran Warren Township High School District 121 administrator has died after a long fight against cancer. Rafael Soto, 58, served as dean of students at the freshman-...
Longtime Washington state medical marijuana activist dies

By GENE JOHNSON
Dec 07, 2017 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - JoAnna McKee, a pioneering medical marijuana activist in Washington state who went to sometimes difficult lengths to obtain the drug for the patients she ...
Prize-winning author-critic William Gass dead at 93

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 07, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - William Gass, a leading experimental writer of the 1960s and '70s who went on to become an award-winning essayist and translator and an influence on many...
Longtime horse racing figure Charles J. Cella dies at 81

By BETH HARRIS
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - Charles J. Cella, who helped turn Oaklawn Park into a major racing destination in the South as a third-generation president of the Arkansas track and a thoroughbred owne...

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