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Landmarks: Southland History Collective unites scholars, communities in effort to preserve stories
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI was talking to Dominic Candeloro a few months ago about the imminent closure of Enzo’s, a popular Italian beef joint in Chicago Heights, when the conversation drifted toward history in general ...
Landmarks: Story of Roosevelt’s globe highlights revived Dixie Highway tour
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFor a little while, there was a big secret in Chicago Heights. Washington bigwigs were visiting. Mysterious shipments of valuable resources would arrive. Something important was happening on ...
Rosemary Kaul, groundbreaking L.A. Times photojournalist, dies
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLos Angeles Times staff photographer Rosemary Kaul walks in front of police officers guarding Parker...
Pritzker announces $60 million park grants across the state — including Rockford area
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced the release of nearly $60 million in grant funding to help...
Pioneering female lawyer bucked tradition and raised her girls to ‘do as they please,’ making news...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLogic suggests that someone who has served as public guardian, a lawyer appointed to represent...
Dean Karau Kewanee history: Your water faucet works because of this Kewanee invention
Star-Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRecently, a reader of the Facebook page, Kewanee Nostalgia, run by the Kewanee Historical Society,...
Landmarks: 50 years into a star-studded career, Tom Dreesen holds tight to south suburban roots
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTom Dreesen wasn’t long into his career as a comedian when he had the opportunity to meet one of his professional heroes. He and humorist Jack Benny, already long famous, appeared together on ...
Around the Southland: Pies to the face for Richards ‘winners,’ Southland dancers get state nod, and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRichards ‘winners’ get pies to face for charity Some brave souls from Richards High School in Oak Lawn faced down their fears recently to take one for a great team, according to a news release ...
Crossing the finish line: Fagen to drive down memory lane with sale after 93 years
Commercial-News, Danville, Ill. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 28—DANVILLE — When Fagen Auto Parts closed its doors for the last time Friday, a chapter in Danville history also came to an end. The business that was started by Wolf Fagen, the grandfather ...