The Journeys Of Abraham Lincoln: From Springfield To Washington, 1861, As President Elect And From Washington To Springfield, 1865, As President Martyred (1865)
Best opportunity do far.. NKU shot off upright 36 min in following a throw-in. 0-0 with Lewis #GLVC # Final in Omaha in women's soccer play, Illinois State 1, Drake 0 via @DUBulldogs. ISU will face winner of Missouri St & Creighton Sun # Tied 0-0 at halftime between NKU and Lewis in Springfield, MO. # GLVC [...]
On April 5, 1951 near Chunchon, South Korea, a Dominican Priest had just finished vesting for Mass. In the last moments, before he would offer the Holy Sacrifice for the Members of the 99th Field Artillery Battalion of the First Cavalry Division, he went over his homily in his mind. His mental preparation was suddenly interrupted by a loud explosion. A soldier had stepped on an unmarked landmine....
Kilbride SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that emotional distress claims don't require expert proof. The high court's Oct. 29 decision holds that the absence of medical testimony does not preclude testimony for negligent infliction of emotional distress, but goes to the weight of the evidence. "We hold that expert testimony is not required to support a claim for negligent...
Springfield, IL (LifeNews.com) -- A state judge blocked enforcement of a parental notification law on abortion just hours after a state board approved letting it go into effect. The law would allow parents the right to know when their teenager daughter is considering having an abortion and give them 48 hours to help her find alternatives.
The November 5 of the Springfield, Illinois daily newspaper, the State Journal-Register, has this interview with Richard Whitney, who was the Green Party’s candidate for Governor in 2006 and is expected to again be that party’s gubernatorial nominee in 2010. The interviewer asked Whitney’s prior activism in the Socialist Labor Party, and Whitney gives [...]
These legal documents housed by the Madison County Circuit Clerk's office are anything but typcial. Preserved volumes nicknamed "The Slave Books" shed light on a chapter in Illinois and American history that is often lost in the Land of Lincoln and the events of the Civil War. Two volumes of Madison County history that were sent to the State Archives in Springfield in 2000 for preservation,...
This trip we bypassed Chicago and made our way up to Wisconsin. On the way to Wisconsin we stopped at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, Illinois. We went on a guided tour of the home. The...
Btms^ for Wednesday, November 4. Drink 4cast 4 2day: Knob Creek Bourbon, in memory of Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln’s wedding, 2day in 1842. On this date in… 1842 – Kentuckians Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln were married in Springfield, Illinois. 1861 – The University of Washington in Seattle was founded. 1879 – Humorist Will Rogers was born. 1908 – The Brooklyn...
Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan, an Elmhurst Republican, announced that he's running for governor yesterday in Springfield. Chicago Reporter publisher Alden Loury, appearing on WTTW's Chicago Tonight, talks about Ryan's appeal to Land of Lincoln voters: Click here to visit the Jim Ryan site. Technorati tags: Illinois illinois politics Republican jim ryan 2010 gop rod blagojevich
Enforcement of an Illinois law requiring physicians to notify the parents of minors seeking abortion procedures will be delayed at least through Wednesday, the AP/Springfield State Journal-Register reports. The law was scheduled to take effect Tuesday, but the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said it has extended a 90-day grace period initially issued in August.