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In 1896, the Auburn post office was the site of the first Rural Free Delivery service in Illinois, part of a nationwide test. [13] Three rural letter carriers rode 35-mile routes. [14] The experiment was well-received: some local farmers changed their post office to Auburn to take advantage of the new system. [14]
Auburn Township was created in 1859 and consisted of land taken from Anderson, Dolson, Marshall and Martinsville Townships in Clark County. According to the History of Crawford and Clark Counties, Illinois, the creation was the result of gerrymandering to facilitate the election of an unidentified influential person to be a justice of the peace.
One of the largest systems is the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which includes Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden as well as 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of open land, or 11.6 percent of Cook County's land area. Under Illinois law, counties may set up a conservation land holding district, after approval by county voters.
The Sangamon County court sided with the state. ... Illinois is one of only a handful of states that requires individuals to have a specific permit or ID to purchase firearms and one of only two ...
Northern Illinois University shooting: DeKalb: 2008-02-14: 6: Mass shooting on a crowd of students [30] Murder of Jason Hudson: Chicago: 2008-10-24: 2: Brother and mother of singer Jennifer Hudson shot at their home [31] [32] Gage Park murders: Chicago: 2016-02-02: 6: Six members of Martinez family murdered in house in Gage Park, Chicago [33 ...
A parade of speakers at a meeting of the Sangamon County Board in Springfield, Illinois, called for an independent investigation into the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office, adding that Sheriff Jack ...
Auburn Township, Illinois refers to one of the following places: Auburn Township, Clark County, Illinois; Auburn Township, Sangamon County, Illinois; There is also:
The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months after a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey while responding to her ...