Beecher is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located on the old Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and the Dixie Highway. Situated in the center of Washington Township, it was originally named Washington Center. Named for Henry Ward Beecher, Beecher was founded in 1870 and incorporated as a village in 1884. Originally governed by a village president and board of trustees, a village administrator was hired to handle daily tasks in 1988.
Population: 4,359
Latitude: 41° 20' 26.12" N
Longitude: -87° 37' 17.15" W
St. John is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The town of St. John has homes in St. John Township and Hanover Township. St. John was founded in 1837. The population was 14,850 at the 2010 census. In 2009, St. John ranked 48th among CNN'…
Prairie State College is a two-year community college based in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and the only college operated by Illinois Community College District 515.
Manteno State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in rural Manteno Township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
Richton Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Peotone (/ˈpiːɵtoʊn/) is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,142 at the 2010 census, an increase from 3,385 in 2000. The city is about 43 miles (69 km) south of Chicago.
Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.
South Chicago Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
George Raymond Lawrence (February 24, 1868 – December 15, 1938) was a commercial photographer of northern Illinois.
South Shore High School (commonly known as South Shore) was a public 4-year high school located in the South Shore neighborhood on the southeast side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was part of the Chicago Public Schools district. South Shor…
Lynwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Rich East High School or REHS is a public four-year high school located in Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago in the United States. Rich East's campus serves the cities of Park Forest, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights and R…
Monee is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.
WYIN, virtual channel 56 (UHF digital channel 17), is a PBS member television station serving the northwestern portion of Indiana, including a portion of the Chicago market. Licensed to Gary, Indiana, the station is owned by Northwest Indiana Public…
Olympia Fields Country Club is a golf club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, about 25 miles (40 km) south of The Loop. It is a private club with two eighteen-hole courses, the North and the South. The North Course is considered one o…
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of railroad freight cars in Chicago Heights, Illinois from 1917 to 2001. The company was sold to Trinity Industries in 2001.
Grant Park is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Grant Park was incorporated in 1883.[1]. In 2010, Grant Park had a population of 1,331. It is part of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Chicago–Naperville–…
Bloom High School is a public school in Chicago Heights, Illinois.