Richard A. Smith, 74, of Monee, formerly of rural Beecher, died Saturday (March 29, 2008).
Walter H. Gronewold, 87, of Buckley, died Sunday (March 30, 2008).
Darlene Donaldson, 82, of Watseka, formerly of Kankakee, died Saturday (March 29, 2008).
Salon: ‘As the market for infant products grows ever more absurd, author Pamela Paul takes on $800 strollers, Gymboree and the bamboozle that is Baby Einstein.’
Miley Cyrus and entourage still a hit with young teens, as evidenced by her strong showing at the Kids Choice awards.
Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country’s murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film “The Killing Fields,” died Sunday, his former colleague said.
The 44-year-old soccer mom, whose appeal is centered squarely on her plain-talking, keepin’-it-real persona, has become a rock star.
NWI Times: ‘While the Kankakee River remains at flood stage at Shelby and spring rains loom, the Kankakee River Basin Commission’s members are wondering who will pay for levee breaks and flooding that may come.’
Mykyla Aileea LizzieMae ShaBazz, infant daughter of Demetrius and Rebecca ShaBazz, of Kankakee, formerly of Ohio, died shortly after birth March 20, 2008, in Ohio.
James J. Woods, 68, of rural Chebanse, died Friday (March 28, 2008) at Riverside Medical Center.
