Marilyn Lovell, wife of Apollo 13 commander, dies chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
We remember Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. each January 15, which was the slain civil rights leader’s birthday. But, did you know, Illinois was the first state to recognize it as a holiday 50 years ago? Schools here began commemorating the occasion in 1969. They wouldn’t, however, close for the day until Gov. Dan Walker made it a legal holiday on Sept. 17, 1973. The bill’s sponsor: Illinois Rep. .
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Karlock, the founder of Bourbonnais-based Municipal Trust & Savings Bank, a member of the board that would found Kankakee Community College and developer of a Bourbonnais country club and golf
Jim Nowlan, a former member of the Illinois General Assembly, state agency director and retired professor, will join the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Aug. 16 for a virtual conversation on his new book, “Politics: The Starter Kit, How to Succeed in Politics and Government.”