Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

It was the first zoo in the state, called a menagerie, 50 years before California’s first zoo ... an image that would later end up on the California state flag of 1912. In 1855, Adams was ...

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would be (state) “Seal on a ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office in March 2025 shows the top voted state flag design ... A bald eagle before a rising sun, a shield in its talons and in its ...

(AP) — Flags ... before a rising sun, a shield in its talons and in its beak, a banner expressing the Prairie State’s dual tenets: “State Sovereignty, National Union.” In 1970, “Illinois ...

The Illinois House of Representatives passed House Bill 1237, which prohibits K-12 schools from using a Native American name, ...

NBA: Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago Bulls NBA: Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago BullsApr 4, 2025; Chicago, Illinois ... Chicago is waiving the white flag against the Cavs, a team they don ...

Just before a trial was set to begin in Chicago ... Service is reporting that seven tornadoes touched down in southern Illinois on April 2. One tornado began in Massac County in Illinois, traveled ...

After a tree was heavily damaged by a storm, Ameren Illinois worked with a tree and crane service to remove it before more severe weather hit the service territory. Ameren Illinois, Nelson Tree ...