Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Rockford–Freeport–Rochelle Combined Statistical Area is made up of four counties in north-central Illinois. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and two micropolitan areas. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 420,215 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 455,595).
In the group of original North American area codes, established in 1947, all of the Chicago metropolitan area was part of numbering plan area 312, the rest of northern Illinois was 815, central Illinois was 217, and southern Illinois was 618. In 1957, area code 815 was split for the assignment of area code 309 to western central Illinois.
Following September 11, 2001, the 333d was activated by Governor George Ryan under Title 32 status for increased security at Illinois commercial airports. The mission, requested by President George W. Bush at Chicago O'Hare Airport on September 27, [ 3 ] was to provide a trained and armed military security presence to reinforce the civilian ...
The Oscar Taylor House is a historic house in the city of Freeport, Illinois. The house was built in 1857 and served as a "station" on the Underground Railroad during the American Civil War . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The Tinker Swiss Cottage is a historic house museum and park in Rockford, Illinois, United States. It was built as a personal residence by Robert Hall Tinker between 1865 and 1870. It was built as a personal residence by Robert Hall Tinker between 1865 and 1870.
Virgo. Your career is in the spotlight this year, so swing for the fences, Virgo. Enterprising Jupiter and tech-savvy Uranus fire up your ambitious 10th house, inviting you to step up and lead.
Freeport's Lincoln Mall will be home to a longtime thrift store in the city. Amity's Attic closed up shop at 22 W. Main St. on Dec. 16 and will be opening up inside Lincoln Mall sometime in ...
Techny is a neighborhood of Northbrook, Illinois, United States.Once a separate community, it was annexed by Northbrook in 1989. [2] The North American headquarters of the Divine Word Missionaries has been located in Techny since 1896.