The wake for Chanute Air Force Base has been going on for four years here, ever since word came from Washington that it was tagged for closure. But the funeral Thursday was brief. As several hundred ...

When you think about your traditional Air Force base, you think of runways and airplanes streaking across the sky. For a brief time in its 76-year history, that’s what the now- decommissioned Chanute ...

RANTOUL - Two buildings on the former Chanute Air Force Base have made the Landmarks Illinois annual list of Ten Most Endangered Historic Places. They are the Chanute Field headquarters building at ...

A year ago, when the news came from Washington that Chanute Air Force Base was to close, little groups of Rantoul residents gathered in shock around their television sets and vowed to fight. After all ...

He soon ended up back in his hometown, which was near Chanute Air Force Base, an Air Force technical training site. That base was decommissioned in 1993.

RANTOUL, Ill. (AP) — A consultant working for the eastern Illinois town of Rantoul says the city is considering a range of ideas to help develop the long-closed Chanute Air Force Base. Mike Royse is a ...