5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (560+ words) World War II history came to life at the Chaplin Creek Historic Settlement in rural Franklin Grove last weekend as reenactors staged a re-creation of the Battle of Rome and the breakout from Anzio, two key Italian battles that helped…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (71+ words) Shaw Local Historical covers for May 17: The boom in Dixon The cover of the Dixon Evening Telegraph for May 17, 1913 (Newspapers. com) As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we looked back at four front pages from May 17. These archives serve as…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (115+ words) Shaw Local Historical covers for May 8: V-E Day in Europe ends World War I The cover of the Daily Chronicle for May 8, 1945 (Newspapers. com) As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we looked back at four front pages from May 8, 1945. These…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (203+ words) Shaw Local The cover of the Dixon Evening Telegraph for May 7, 1945 (Newspapers. com) As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we look back at four front pages from May 7. These archives serve as a time capsule, capturing the monumental shift from…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1204+ words) A group of seventh and eighth graders from Gompers Junior High School in Joliet stood anxiously outside the school office with their teacher as they waited for district carpenters to confirm their suspicions about the location of a time capsule…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (690+ words) Harold Beck of Rochelle served as a medic in the United States Army 78th Infantry Division. He earned the Bronze Star for his actions. (Jeff Helfrich) The late Harold Beck of Rochelle served as a combat medic in the United States…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (82+ words) Shaw Local Historical covers for April 27: Join Forces: Yanks, Russians Cut Reich in Two The cover of the Streator Daily Times-Press for April 27, 1945 (Newspapers. com) As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we looked back at four front pages from April…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (101+ words) Shaw Local The cover of the Streator Daily Times-Press for March 27, 1945 (Newspapers. com) As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we looked back at four front pages from March 27. These archives serve as a time capsule, capturing everything from the height…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (412+ words) The Downers Grove Public Library is one of 50 U. S. libraries newly selected to host "Americans and the Holocaust," a traveling exhibition from the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (393+ words) The Streatorland Historical Society is raising funds to place a historical roadside marker near the grave of Sgt. George Poundstone, a Civil War soldier remembered for his actions during a deadly charge in Mississippi. Poundstone served as the flag bearer…...