• Cook
  • DeKalb
  • DuPage
  • Kane
  • Kendall
  • Lake
  • McHenry
  • McLean
  • Metro East
  • Peoria
  • Tazewell
  • Winnebago
  • Woodford
NOAA Weather – Home and general pages
60°
Overcast

  • News
    • Cook County
    • DeKalb County
    • DuPage County
    • Kane County
    • Kendall County
    • Lake County
    • Madison County
    • McHenry County
    • McLean County
    • Metro East
    • Peoria County
    • St. Clair County
    • Tazewell County
    • Winnebago County
    • Woodford County
    • Lifestyle
    • Agriculture News
    • State News
  • Public Notices
  • Government
    • Politics & Government
    • Election
    • ComEd Trial
  • Entertainment
  • E-Editions
    • Cook County Chronicle
    • FreeShopper
    • Subscribe to Cook County Chronicle digital edition
  • Find a Copy
    • Pick-Up a Copy
    • Subscribe to Print
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Awards
 
  • News

    +
    • Cook County
    • DeKalb County
    • DuPage County
    • Kane County
    • Kendall County
    • Lake County
    • Madison County
    • McHenry County
    • McLean County
    • Metro East
    • Peoria County
    • St. Clair County
    • Tazewell County
    • Winnebago County
    • Woodford County
    • Lifestyle
    • Agriculture News
    • State News
  • Public Notices

  • Government

    +
    • Politics & Government
    • Election
    • ComEd Trial
  • Entertainment

  • E-Editions

    +
    • Cook County Chronicle
    • FreeShopper
    • Subscribe to Cook County Chronicle digital edition
  • Find a Copy

    +
    • Pick-Up a Copy
    • Subscribe to Print
  • Contact

    +
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Awards

Tag: bicentennial 2018

BICENTENNIAL 2018: Led by the Rockford region, Illinois is a leader in aerospace and aviation technology

BICENTENNIAL 2018: Led by the Rockford region, Illinois is a leader in aerospace and aviation technology

— August 23, 2018

Many Illinoisans don’t realize it, but our state is a center of aerospace and aviation technology. Illinois’ aerospace cluster is centered around the northern and northeastern …

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: 1908 Springfield race riot led to the creation of the NAACP

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: 1908 Springfield race riot led to the creation of the NAACP

    — August 16, 2018

    Editor’s Note: This article is a compilation of multiple stories written by former (Springfield) State Journal-Register reporter Pete Sherman for the special section “Outrage: The…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville: ‘America’s first city’

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville: ‘America’s first city’

    — July 26, 2018

    http://www.illinoispress.org/Downloads/Bicentennial/CahokiaProject.mp4   A gaggle of rambunctious fifth-graders scrambled to the top of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound to get a great…

  • Reagan’s ‘quintessential’ story began at Eureka College

    Reagan’s ‘quintessential’ story began at Eureka College

    — July 12, 2018

    Illinois may be known as the Land of Lincoln, but it’s another president with Illinois roots who offers lessons to which people today can more easily relate, say officials of Ronald…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Route 66 – The Mother Road offers amazing sights as it winds through Illinois

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Route 66 – The Mother Road offers amazing sights as it winds through Illinois

    — June 28, 2018

     Perhaps it is the yearning for yesteryear that endears so many to Route 66. Who wouldn’t want to jump into a classic car and explore the United States, stopping at shiny new service…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Lincoln the first president to make use of electronic mass media

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Lincoln the first president to make use of electronic mass media

    — August 9, 2018

    FDR used the radio, JFK scored on TV and Donald Trump embraces Twitter. But the first president to make effective use of electronic communications was Abraham Lincoln. His use of the…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Rock Island area site of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battles

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Rock Island area site of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battles

    — July 19, 2018

    The Quad-Cities region has provided a footnote to history for virtually every war fought on American soil, including the Battle of Campbell’s Island – the western-most battle of…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Grant’s first march to war was from Springfield to Quincy

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Grant’s first march to war was from Springfield to Quincy

    — July 5, 2018

    Col. Ulysses S. Grant passed up a chance to have his soldiers ride in train cars. Instead, he thought it best that they march to war. So, on July 3, 1861, Grant mounted a horse and…

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Ad 1 – 300×250 – Google ROS

Trending News

  • Hinsdale couple file $500 million ...A Hinsdale couple have filed a $500 million claim against a car ...
  • Renovations close RiverEdge for seasonAurora’s RiverEdge Park is known around northern Illinois as a gem when ...
  • Chicago police shoot two suspects ...Chicago police shot two suspects – one fatally – in separate incidents ...
  • Suspect charged in fatal Streamwood ...A suspect has been charged in connection with the stabbing deaths of ...

Ad 2 – 300×250 – Google ROS




Ad 4 – 300×250

  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Find a Copy
  • Legal Notices
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © Chronicle Media, LLC.