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Readers continue to discuss the pandemic, including whether governments have made mistakes.

Two-time Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Da Hoss died Sunday, January 2, at the Kentucky Horse Park where he had retired after a successful five-year racing career.

Between the 1996 and 1998 Breeders’ Cup races, Da Hoss was injured three times and didn't race for nearly two years. His finish in 1998 was described as: “The greatest comeback since Lazarus!”

An argument between three men standing in line at a pretzel shop two days before Christmas resulted in a shooting that left one of the men and four bystanders with gunshot wounds at the Oakbrook Center shopping mall, prosecutors say.

Readers discuss whether how likely it is that Labor will the federal election

Similarly,a number of Australian families may well now find their convict ancestors in  Nineteenth century business history is still a relatively untold story in Australia, with sources of information tending to be disparate and ephemeral. The Library was fortunate to acquire  Photographic advertising directory and pastime album, a large and very rare collection of business announcements, address cards and advertisements from the principal trades, professions and business houses of Sydney and...

Archer’s project, In the Land where the Crow flies backwards: The songs of western NSW, has as its centre point the songs of the infamous troubadour, Mr Dougie Young, but also looks at lesser-known characters from that era of the fifties and sixties and earlier, as well as up until today. The project focuses mainly on Indigenous songwriters, telling their stories through songs and poems, and of course the song of the red-tailed black cockatoo. Archer is a folk singer, and self-proclaimed ill...

Carpentersville man pleads guilty in attack on West Chicago father, son Gerardo E. Luna Updated 3/11/2021 5:46 PM One of six people accused of attacking a West Chicago man and boy in 2019 in a dispute over a woman has pleaded guilty to committing armed violence. Gerardo E. Luna, 22, pleaded guilty on Feb. 24 to throwing a brick through a window while armed with a knife. In exchange, he accepted a sentence of 18 years in prison, according to DuPage County court records.   Charges of...

By WWOS staffFeb 5th, 2021 FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedInFeb 5th, 2021 Cronulla Sharks star Josh Dugan has been cleared of injury after the former Origin centre was rushed to hospital due to a training mishap this morning. Dugan was injured in a contact drill and was picked up by an ambulance from the teams training facilities fearing damage to his neck. Tests in hospital have cleared the 30-year-old centre of serious injury. "It was more a precautionary measure," media spokes...

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Michael Jonathan Wyman John Kenneth Wyman Michael Jonathan Wyman and his two beloved children, Anna Aviva Wyman and John Kenneth Wyman, tragically passed away on January 3, 2021, while Michael was attempting to save the two children from a rogue wave at the beach in Goat Rock State Park in California. The herculean and ongoing rescue efforts were led...