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The paper started out life as the Independent and, later, the Lake County Independent based in Libertyville in 1892. By 1921 the paper was known as the Waukegan Daily News and in 1930 it purchased the Waukegan Daily Sun (founded 1897) and merged the two papers to become the Waukegan News-Sun, a name it would operate under until 1971.
Early Woodford County was served by a variety of newspapers. Probably the first was the Woodford County Times (1854). [54] By 1880 there were five weekly papers in the county: Woodford Sentinel, El Paso Journal, Eureka Journal, Minonk Blade, Washburn News. The Eureka College also produced a monthly periodical, the Eureka College Messenger. [55]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
John Peffers (1878–1936), Illinois state representative and lawyer, was born in Eureka [18] Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S President, who attended college in Eureka, Illinois at Eureka College; Andy Studebaker (b. 1985) former NFL player, is a 2004 graduate of Eureka High School [19] Mary Lou Sumner (1927-2002), Illinois state legislator [20]
The newspaper also features a column by Fr. Owen Gorman, an interview with a public personage about the role of religion in that person's life, a column dealing with perceived media bias against religion and Christianity and a Window on History article on a historical topic of relevance to the Catholic Church (such as the Penal Laws or the ...
Leo Owen "Doc" Traister (September 9, 1919 – September 26, 2020) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the ninth head football coach at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, serving for 11 seasons, from 1956 until 1966, and compiling a record of 11–62–6. [1]
Olio Township is located in Woodford County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,931 and it contained 1,879 housing units. [2] The largest named community in Olio Township is the city of Eureka, the Woodford County seat.