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Women’s History Month: Who was Jane Addams?
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHow much do you know about the history of women in Rockford? In celebration and recognition of Women's History Month, the Rockford Register Star has...
Fresno gets federal money to right ‘historic wrongs’ with pedestrian bridge over Highway 99
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoPlans by the city of Fresno to build a pedestrian bridge over Highway 99 near Roeding Park got a...
Horace Mann names top teacher, administrator in Springfield school district
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJason Wind, executive director of school support for School District 186, was named Horace Mann...
The Nobel Peace Prize winner the year you were born
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Obama received the honor in 2009.AP The Nobel Peace Prize has been recognizing global strides in peace-making since 1901. Famous recipients...
William Shatner, Patti LaBelle, fall festivals among 26 things to do in Rockford
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis weekend offers a variety of family-friendly activities. There are a bunch of fall or...
Superheroes dance, toy show and meat raffle round out a weekend of events in Freeport
The Journal Standard via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHere are 9 things to do in the Freeport area this weekend, and three more events coming up next week. The SpongeBob Musical What: SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe until a ...
This Manchester teacher saved 900 from a fire. Now a statue will be erected in her honor.
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe story is that Elisabeth M. Bennet began wearing hats in 1913 after her hair was scorched in a fire as she saw all 900 of her school’s students safely out of the building. Bennet (1881-1959 ...