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In the early evening of February 18, 1988, Olmsted County sheriff's deputies discovered the bodies of Bernard (43), Paulette (42), Diane (13), and Richard (11) Brom in the Brom family home. Missing from the home were the two oldest sons, David (16) and Joe (18).
Worked for Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington Sidney Smith: Feb 13, 1877: Oct 20, 1935: Million-dollar "Chicago Tribune" cartoonist of The Gumps: Worked for The Sunday Eye newspaper in Bloomington John Campbell: Jul 7, 1955: Jazz pianist Born in Bloomington Rachel Crothers: Dec 12, 1870: Jul 5, 1958: Playwright Born in Bloomington Steve George ...
The first Illinois statutes concerning public access to records involved county offices. A law enacted in 1887 granted public access to records in the possession of a county recorder, and other statutes granted access to records of a county clerk or board of supervisors. The courts also recognized the legislature's authority to grant access to ...
David James Hendricks was born in Morton Grove and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. He was a member of the Exclusive branch of the Plymouth Brethren , a Christian denomination . He started and ran a highly successful business in Bloomington, Illinois , selling an orthopedic back-brace he had patented. [ 1 ]
McLean County is a U.S. county in the east central region of Illinois, and is the largest county by land area in the state. According to the 2020 Census, it had a population of 170,954. [1] Its county seat is Bloomington. [2] McLean County is included in the Bloomington–Normal, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. designed numerous school and college campuses between 1857 and 1895. ... Bloomington, Indiana (1929 ... Illinois (1901–1910) University of ...
Bloomington businessman Jesse W. Fell founded the newspaper on January 14, 1837, [4] making it among the oldest still-operating businesses [5] in McLean County, [4] though the business lapsed during 1839-1845. [6] W. O. Davis and his heirs owned the Pantagraph for many years until selling the paper to Chronicle Publishing Company in 1980. [7]
Since 1995, the McLean County Museum has offered tours of the cemetery the last Saturday & Sunday of September and the first Saturday & Sunday of October. [4] The Evergreen Cemetery Discovery Walk combines historical research by Museum volunteers, costumed actors from Illinois Voices Theatre, and Evergreen Memorial Cemetery into a week-long outdoor theatrical production.