Howard County Executive Calvin Ball selected Esen Paradiso’s entry from three final designs chosen by a special flag committee. Paradiso, a longtime Howard County resident, runs Columbia ...

That would be “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed emblem.

Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen. Of nearly 385,000 votes cast, the existing bunting received 43% ...

Recommended Videos Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen. And it's the current flag. The SOB wins in a ...

"The current state flag received more than 165,000 votes, or about 43% of the total vote." Earlier this year, the public had the chance to vote on 10 new designs -- finalists from more than 5,000 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would ...