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The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America and the 21st state admitted to the Union. Illinois is the most populous state in the Midwest and the fifth most populous in the nation, and has a large and cosmopolitan population. Its balance of vast suburbs and the great metropolis of Chicago in the northeast, rural areas, small industrial cities, and renowned agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and the coal mines of the south give it a highly diverse economic base. Its central location, connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River, made it a transportation hub for 150 years. It is this mixture of factory and farm, of urban and rural, that makes Illinois a microcosm of the United States.
About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers inhabited the area at the time of the American Revolution. American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; they achieved statehood in 1818. Yankees arrived a little later and dominated the north, founding the future metropolis of Chicago in the 1830s. The coming of the railroads in the 1850s made highly profitable the rich prairie farmlands in central Illinois, attracting large numbers of immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Northern Illinois provided major support for Illinoisans Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War. By 1900, factories were being rapidly built in the northern cities, along with coal mines in central and southern areas. This industrialization attracted large numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, and also led to the state's material contribution as a major arsenal in both world wars. In addition to immigrants from Europe, large numbers of blacks left the cotton fields of the South to come to Chicago, where they developed a famous jazz culture.

 

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Proviso school board denies return for 3 teens expelled for a year over fight

Sep 3, 2010 5:01 am

Court system appears to be only option left for studentsThe only option left for three expelled Proviso East High School students seeking to return to school this year appears to be the court system. ...

 

'Transformers 3' film set turns tragic when an extra is injured

Sep 3, 2010 2:57 am

Extra critically injured while shooting 'Transformers 3' in HammondIt was supposed to be a typical scene in the action movie "Transformers 3" — drivers moving along a busy highway ...

 

Schaumburg yard case: Defendant tells jury: 'Just let me live my life'

Sep 3, 2010 2:38 am

Man acts as his own lawyer at unusual trial; officials call cluttered property a hazardA sad and angry John Wuerffel askedjurors Thursday to just let him be, whileSchaumburg officials argued inan unu...

 

Quinn: Prisons chief Michael Randle wasn't forced out

Sep 3, 2010 2:32 am

Governor defends decision not to fire Randle in wake of troubled early release programGov. Pat Quinn said Thursday that he did not force his embattled corrections chief to resign over a botched prison...

 

Poll: Senate race neck and neck

Sep 3, 2010 1:52 am

Cash could be deciding factor as Tribune/WGN-TV survey finds weak spots for both candidatesCash could be deciding factor as Tribune/WGN-TV survey finds weak spots for both candidates.

 

Chicago renters, condo buyers could get protections

Sep 3, 2010 12:10 am

Daley proposal would increase conversion warning from 4 to 9 monthsDaley proposal would increase conversion warning from 4 to 9 months.

 
 

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Report blames worker for girl falling off ride at Dells

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin investigation has determined there was nothing mechanically wrong with a free-fall ride when a 12-year-old Florida girl fell about 100 feet to the ground.

 

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

WASHINGTON -- A government official says a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.

 

Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

WASHINGTON -- Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four...

 

Some flooding on NC Outer Banks as Earl passes

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

BUXTON, N.C. -- Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north at the star...

 

Museum passes await CPS students on 1st day of classes

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

Chicago Public Schools students who show up for the first day of classes next Tuesday will find more than new classmates and teachers awaiting them.

 

Four charged in bird thefts

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

Viviana Rossi initially denied helping steal a pricey exotic bird from a Naperville pet store. Then police searched her purse and found several feathers, along with bird seed, DuPage County prosecutor...

 

Woman undergoes surgery after 'Transformers' accident

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

A Little Village woman seriously injured while participating as an extra in the movie "Transformers 3" remained hospitalized Thursday.

 

Apartment torchers given lengthy sentences for burning girls

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

A man and a woman convicted of torching an apartment building in a lovers spat badly burning two young girls apologized in court today, but still received long prison sentences.

 

Museum passes await CPS students on 1st day of classes

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

Chicago Public Schools students who show up for the first day of classes next Tuesday will find more than new classmates and teachers awaiting them.

 

BlackBerry requests legit, U.N. official says

Sep 3, 2010 10:00 am

LONDON -- BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said, adding that governments have leg...

 
 

Illinois News from BigNewsNetwork.com

Chicago Gangs: Police Chief Not Playing Fair

Sep 3, 2010 6:28 pm

CHICAGO -- Calling the Chicago police chief's ultimatum to stop resorting to violence a waste of time, current and former members of some of the city's most notorious street gangs ...

 

Lincoln Trail board will consider Champaign decision

Sep 3, 2010 6:27 pm

CHAMPAIGN – The implications of the Champaign Public Library's decision to charge residents of the Mahomet and Tolono library districts to check out materials at the Champaign libra...

 

Prosecutors to seek second opinion on killer's possible release

Sep 3, 2010 6:10 pm

McHenry County prosecutors can obtain a second opinion on whether a mentally ill Crystal Lake woman who killed her elderly mother nine years ago is ready to leave a state hospital, a judge said Friday...

 

Buffalo Grove pays tribute to longtime park commissioner

Sep 3, 2010 6:10 pm

The Buffalo Grove Village Board this week paid tribute to longtime park district Commissioner Martha Weiss, who resigned recently after accepting a state job that wouldn't allow her to hold p...

 

Top dogs heading to Naperville

Sep 3, 2010 6:10 pm

Some of the best disc-catching dogs in the world will show their stuff from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, when the UFO Championship, sponsored by the Windy City K9 Club, comes to the Grand...

 

Illinois' summer 2010 was hot, wet

Sep 3, 2010 5:36 pm

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- State officials have confirmed what many suspected: This has been one of the wettest, warmest summers in Illinois in recorded history.

 

Summer 2010 Among Illinois' Hottest, Wettest

Sep 3, 2010 5:14 pm

State officials have confirmed what many suspected: This has been one of the wettest, warmest summers in Illinois in recorded history. The average summer temperature of 76.4 degrees was almost thre...

 

Pair To Be Sentenced In Fire That Burned Girls

Sep 3, 2010 5:14 pm

(11/7/2008) A woman and her accomplice were scheduled for sentencing in federal court Friday, on charges that they set a horrific fire on the city's Northwest Side that left two young girls...

 

Giannoulias, Kirk Are Neck-And-Neck

Sep 3, 2010 5:14 pm

(7/7/2010) A new poll shows Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk are running neck-and-neck in their race for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. The Chicago T...

 

Mechanical Issues Divert Flight To Indianapolis

Sep 3, 2010 5:14 pm

Minor mechanical issues diverted a flight Friday morning that departed Midway Airport for Florida. AirTran Flight 1218 from Midway to Sarasota, Fla., was diverted to Indianapolis shortly after take...

 
 

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