Brandon Kong, a member of Troop 941, is now an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Scouts BSA program. Kong, a junior at ...

News from around the Southland includes items from New Lenox, Flossmoor, Evergreen Park, Homer Glen and Palos Hills.

Congress, supplemented by lobbying efforts from the National Eagle Center, made this historic moment possible. Senators Klobuchar (D-MN), Lummis (R-WY), Mullin (R-OK), and Smith (D-MN) led the ...

Eagle Scout Brennan Begin, son of Lindsay and Drew Begin, is an eighth grade student at Forest Hills Consolidated School. JACKMAN — Brennan Begin was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout during a ...

Dec. 30—WABASHA, Minn. — The bald eagle is on the United States' national seal. However, until Christmas Eve, it wasn't on the books as the national bird. On Monday, Dec. 30, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar ...

co-chair of the National Bird Initiative for the National Eagle Center, laugh while posing for photos with Angel, one of the Eagle Center's bald eagle ambassadors, as she is held by Al Cooper ...

WASHINGTON — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national bird.

The bald eagle became the American national bird on Christmas Eve when President Biden signed a bill written by a Minnesota man. Preston Cook collects eagle memorabilia and his collection of more ...

WABASHA, Minn. — United States Sen. Amy Klobuchar will visit Minnesota's National Eagle Center on Monday morning to celebrate the official designation of the bald eagle as the National Bird of ...

On Christmas Eve, President Biden signed legislation making it official Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent The bald eagle is finally being recognized as America's national bird. John Tlumacki ...

The bald eagle, a long-standing symbol of strength and freedom, has been officially recognized as the national bird of the US after President Joe Biden signed a law. Introduced by Senator Amy ...