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The new St. Charles High School campus was built in the open fields to the east of Dunham Road, adjacent to the existing Norris Recreation Center and Dunham Junior High School (which educated 7th graders for the 1975–76 and 1976–77 school years before being annexed into the new High School campus for the 1977–78 school year).
Norris married graphic artist and Chicago Tribune cartoonist Lester J. Norris in 1923. They formed St. Charles Charities (now the Dellora A. and Lester J. Norris Foundation) in 1924 [3] and funded multiple civic improvements throughout their lives including; the St. Charles Country Club, Arcada Theatre, Delnor Hospital, St. Charles East High School, the Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center ...
The new theatre was a $500,000 example of the Norris family's confidence in the future of St. Charles. With only 5,000 residents in the town, more than 1,009 seats were installed. Upon the Arcada's grand opening, the public came in such large numbers that hundreds were unable to gain entrance.
In 1926, Lina Paschal was named St. Charles postmistress. She sold the paper at that time to local philanthropist Lester Norris. Norris held on to the paper for about 20 years before selling the paper to Paul Paschal, grandfather to Rob and Jim Paschal, whose father Don Paschal was a great-nephew to Lina Paschal.
(The Center Square) – In the wake of another Illinois state trooper's death, officials continue to attempt to strengthen the state’s Move Over law, or Scott’s Law. Trooper Clay Carns was ...
St. Charles is a city [5] in DuPage and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.It lies roughly 40 miles (64 km) west of Chicago on Illinois Route 64.Per the 2020 census, the population was 33,081. [6]
(The Center Square) – Whether Illinois should be enjoined from enforcing the state’s gun and magazine ban starting Monday is now up to a federal appeals court. Illinois enacted the Protect ...
Pottawatomie Park is a historic public park in St. Charles, Illinois, along the eastern bank of the Fox River. Purchased in 1912 by the fledgling local park district, it became the first public park established under the Illinois Park Act of 1911. [1] [2]