Obituaries
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Roger Valdiserri, Notre Dame SID for 3 decades, dies at 95
Jun 02, 2022 7:00 am - OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) - Roger Valdiserri, who helped tell the story of some of Notre Dame's greatest football teams as the school's sports information director for three ...
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'He was a very dear friend': Vernon Hills mourns loss of recent high school graduateJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - The Vernon Hills community is mourning the loss of a "joyous young man" who died Monday, a day after being pulled from Como Lake in Walworth County, Wisconsin, just nort...
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Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail
Jun 01, 2022 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Gilberto RodrÃguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 19...
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Sarah Ramsey, top thoroughbred breeder and owner, dies at 83
May 31, 2022 7:00 am - Sarah Ramsey, who along with her husband Ken bred and raced multiple Breeders' Cup champions and won a leading 510 races at Churchill Downs, has died. She was 83. She di...
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Former St. Charles East basketball standout remembered for 'relentless positivity'
May 30, 2022 1:00 am - Former St. Charles East basketball standout Justin Hardy has died after being diagnosed with stomach cancer 13 months ago, according to a statement posted by his family ...
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Rocker Ronnie Hawkins, dies at 87, patron of Canadian rock
May 29, 2022 7:00 am - Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians late...
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Angelo Sodano, once-powerful Vatican prelate, dies at 94
May 28, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the Vatican's No. 2 official but whose legacy was tarnished by his support for the...
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Former Albanian President Bujar Nishani dies at 55
May 28, 2022 7:00 am - TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Former Albanian President Bujar Nishani, who was often criticized for his center-right political affiliation from the leftist coalition, died foll...
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Reggie Warford, Kentucky's first Black 4-year player, dies
May 26, 2022 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Reggie Warford, who was Kentucky's second Black men's basketball player and first Black basketball player to graduate, has died. He was 67. Kentuck...
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Kaiser, St John's baseball player, coach, AD, dies at 95
May 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Kaiser, a former St. John's baseball player and coach who later guided the New York City university through a changing landscape in 22 years as athl...