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Special Olympics athlete from Elgin was a fierce competitor

By Elena Ferrarin
Oct 27, 2017 1:00 am - Decorated Special Olympics athlete Anne DeDobbelaere was remembered for her fierce competitiveness, work ethic and outgoing personality after her death Tuesday. DeDobbel...
Fats Domino dies at 89; gave rock music a New Orleans flavor

By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY and STACEY PLAISANCE
Oct 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The godfather of rock and roll. A performer who always gave all he had. A man who loved his city and his neighborhood. Tributes to Fats Domino are acc...
Late Fats Domino mined New Orleans roots in pioneering music

By STACEY PLAISANCE and JANET MCCONNAUGHEY
Oct 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fats Domino didn't look like a typical teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as flat ...
Fats Domino dies at 89; gave rock music a New Orleans flavor

By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY and KEVIN MCGILL
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fats Domino, the amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the tradition...
Fats Domino stirred New Orleans flavor into rock 'n' roll

By STACEY PLAISANCE and JANET MCCONNAUGHEY
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In appearance, Fats Domino wasn't a typical teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as ...
Reactions to the death of rock pioneer Fats Domino

By The Associated Press
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reactions to the death of Fats Domino, the rock 'n' roll pioneer who died Tuesday at age 89: "He was one of my greatest inspirations. God was tops - but ...
Services Thursday for priest who served in Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect

Daily Herald report
Oct 25, 2017 1:00 am - The Rev. Joseph A. Pastick, 94, who served parishes in Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove and Mount Prospect and who was remembered as a generous and compassionate ministe...
Emmy Award-winning "Benson" star Robert Guillaume dies at 89

By HILLEL ITALIE
Oct 24, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sha...
Commander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies

By BOB CHRISTIE
Oct 24, 2017 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has di...
Priest at Mount Prospect church dies unexpectedly following surgery

Daily Herald report
Oct 24, 2017 1:00 am - The Rev. Arthur J. Olsen, associate pastor at St. Emily Parish in Mount Prospect from July 2014 to March 2017 when he left to attend to a medical issue, has died unexpec...

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