(Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) The competition comes two years after Cook County adopted a new design to replace its own “seal on a bedsheet” flag, which had been used since 1961. Yet there are ...

The Chicago flag tells a story in its stars and stripes, and there is meaning behind each of the elements of the iconic banner. It all starts at the beginning with Wallace Rice, who is credited ...

there’s a good design trying to get out.” Chicagoans come into this contest with a strange disadvantage: Our city flag is too good. The Chicago flag looks effortless, but its creator ...

there’s a good design trying to get out.” Chicagoans come into this contest with a strange disadvantage: Our city flag is too good. The Chicago flag looks effortless, but its creator ...

They grew up in Naperville and then moved to Chicago where they lived for 18 years before moving to Des Plaines. Meaning ...

Illinois may be getting a new state flag next year, thanks to a public vote on 10 new flag design proposals that ... the news you need to know with the Chicago Catch-Up newsletter.

They grew up in Naperville and then moved to Chicago where they lived for about 18 years before moving to Des Plaines. Meaning behind design: My flag uses a silhouette design of the state of ...

If the flag indeed is changed, it would be the first modification to the design since it was first ... Kam Buckner, D-Chicago and Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, sponsored the legislation ...