From the Newsroom: Johnny Winter Remembered, Crossword Puzzles Decoded

四虎影院 | By Courtney Collins

Published July 17, 2014 at 6:53 PM CDT

Johnny Winter plays a show in Germany in 2011.

The top local stories this evening from the 四虎影院 Newsroom:

Texas blues and rock legend Johnny Winter died Wednesday in Switzerland at the age of 70. And a crossword explains how a team of expert puzzle-solvers played a major role in bringing World War II to an end.

You can listen to the segment weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.m. on 四虎影院 90.1 FM.

Courtney Collins

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to 四虎影院 in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station鈥檚 weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.

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