Here are Rockford's biggest small-school stars from the 2025 spring sports season, with all-conference teams listed from the Big Northern and NUIC schools. All teams were picked by the league coaches.

Borghild "Bobbie" Aanstad was nearing her 14th birthday when she boarded the SS Eastland with her mother, sister and uncle on a July morning nearly 97 years ago. It was to be a day of fun for men ...

One of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history occurred when the SS Eastland capsized on the Chicago River - of the estimated 2,500 people on board at the time, more than 800 were killed.

Shortly after some 2,500 of them boarded the SS Eastland for a picnic excursion to Michigan City, the ship, known as the " Speed Queen of the Great Lakes" rolled over. Peter Hoffman Johnson Jr ...

but rather on the Chicago River as a passenger boat named the SS Eastland prepared for a trip across Lake Michigan. And it wasn’t the wind or the waves that brought the Eastland down.

but rather on the Chicago River as a passenger boat named the SS Eastland prepared for a trip across Lake Michigan. (July 21, 2024) Sources: White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor ...

The Eastland Disaster Historical Society hosted a ceremony to mark the anniversary. They gathered at the river's edge between LaSalle and Clark streets. At the end of the ceremony, the Coast Guard ...

One of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history occurred when the SS Eastland capsized on the Chicago River - of the estimated 2,500 people on board at the time, more than 800 were killed.

The Irish Times, Monday 26th July 1915 Aug. 13, 1915: A stern side view of the SS Eastland shows the decks raised out of the water (Pic: Chicago Tribune/TNS/Getty) The real question should be "why ...