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Former Winfield trustee remembered for his love of local politics

By Scott C. Morgan
Dec 17, 2021 12:00 am - Former Winfield village trustee and community newspaper publisher Stan Zegel is being remembered for his love of local politics. Zegel, 77, died on Wednesday, Dec. 15. L...
Kathy Flores, women's rugby legend as player and coach, dies

By THALIA BEATY
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - Kathy Flores, the legendary rugby player, coach and leader of the women's sport in the U.S. who touched every generation of players and coaches for more than 40 years, h...
bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dies at 69

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - bell hooks, the groundbreaking author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics and politics intertwined helped shape acad...
Sleeman remembered for his life of service in Elgin

By Rick West
Dec 14, 2021 12:00 am - About 100 people attended a Tuesday morning visitation and funeral service to say goodbye to a man who led a "life of service" in Elgin. Donald J. Sleeman died Dec. 7 at...
Anne Rice, who breathed new life into vampires, dies at 80

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 13, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including 'œInterview With the Vampire,'ť reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragi...
Former White Sox, Orioles GM Roland Hemond dies at age 92

By NOAH TRISTER
Dec 13, 2021 6:00 am - Roland Hemond, whose 70-year career in baseball included three Executive of the Year awards as general manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, died Sunda...
Famed White Sox executive Roland Hemond dies at 92

By Mark Gonzales
Dec 13, 2021 12:00 am - Doug Melvin didn't know Roland Hemond when Hemond became Melvin's boss as general manager of the Baltimore Orioles in 1988. "Roland took me to lunch and said, 'Let's hav...
Vicente FernÃ¡ndez, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81

By BERENICE BAUTISTA
Dec 12, 2021 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Vicente FernÃ¡ndez, an iconic and beloved singer of regional Mexican music who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys and inspired a new gen...
Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis trailblazer, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Dec 11, 2021 6:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Manuel 'œManolo'ť Santana, who reached No. 1 in the tennis rankings and was the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam singles title, has died. He was 83. The ...
Dave Campbell, Texas Football magazine's founder, dead at 96

The Associated Press
Dec 11, 2021 6:00 am - WACO, Texas (AP) - Dave Campbell, founder of the Texas Football preview magazine that became a fixture in this football-crazy state, has died. He was 96. Campbell died F...

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