David Morecraft, 67, of Gardner, died Monday (Feb. 22, 2010) at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields.
Neal Edwin Marcotte, 75, of Exeter, Calif., formerly of Kankakee, died Feb. 17, 2010.
A memorial service for Robert V. “Bob” Milk, 84, died Saturday (Feb. 20, 2010) following a short illness.
Elmer T. Granger, 82, of South Wilmington, died Tuesday (Feb. 23, 2010) at Heritage Manor in Dwight.
Earl C. Pontious, 90, of Bradley, died Tuesday (Feb. 23, 2010) at Bradley Royale Health Care Center.
Terry Jack “TJ” Sample, 47, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Bradley, died Saturday (Feb. 20, 2010).
• A sentencing hearing was set Tuesday for a Crescent City woman accused of hiding a teenage Martinton runaway in her home for six days while the girl’s family searched for her.
• Organizers of Manteno’s March 6 Polar Plunge are bracing for another record year even as plungers prepare for the nerve-numbing cold of Lake Manteno to raise money for Special Olympics.
•Sean Liaromatis was in sixth grade when the Wilmington High School wrestling team won its first dual state tournament. But on Tuesday, the burden of continuing the Wildcat legacy — three consecutive dual state titles, undefeated against Class 1A competition since 2006 — fell on the freshman’s shoulders.
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Former NBA star Jayson Williams has been sentenced to a minimum 18 months in prison for fatally shooting a hired driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey.
Williams avoided a retrial on a reckless manslaughter count by pleading guilty last month to aggravated assault in the death of Costas Christofi in February 2002. Williams was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter in 2004 but of covering up the shooting.
State Superior Court Judge Edward Coleman sentenced Williams Tuesday to a total of five years on the cover-up counts, which will run concurrent to the assault sentence. He will be eligible for parole after 18 months.
Witnesses testified Williams snapped a shotgun shut in the bedroom of his New Jersey mansion. The gun went off, killing Christofi.
George Ridgewell Young, 85, of Momence, died Sunday (Feb. 21, 2010) at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy.
Odell “10-4” Jones Jr., 53, of Kankakee, died Feb. 11, 2010, at Provena Our Lady of Victory, Bourbonnais.
