The timeline for the contest is […] PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) — It all comes down to three. After three months of design submissions, Pekin residents now have to choose one of three flags.

Of the nearly 385,000 votes that were received, over 165,000 — or 43 percent — were cast for the current Illinois state flag. In fact, it received more votes than the next five top designs ...

The winner of the contest will receive a $1,000 prize and the new flag will be used for a minimum of 10 years. Entries will be accepted through March 31, 2025. To submit an entry, click here .

The contest came after the creation of SB1818, which created an Illinois Flag Commission to "gauge public desire for a new flag." Also included in public voting was the current state flag, along ...

It was on July 9, 1927, almost a hundred years ago, that Benny Benson ran the very first Alaska flag up a flagpole. He was ...

A new contest, however, is set to update and modernize the flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Wednesday that the state will begin accepting public submissions for a new ...

Among the options were the state's 1918 centennial flag and the 1968 sesquicentennial flag. More than 5,000 entries were submitted, and the commission narrowed the field down to just 10 options.

Illinois Flag Commission will accept submissions for redesign contest 00:39. CHICAGO (CBS) — Secretary of State Alexi Ginnoulias announced Wednesday that the Illinois Flag Commission will begin ...

— The City of Bristow officially has a new flag after a design was chosen out of several submissions in the Bristow Flag Contest. FOX23 told you about the flag contest when it started in June.

A state committee selected a contest winner from more than 400 submissions. The Chuck Norris flag didn’t make the cut. By Alex Vadukul For more than a century, Maine’s state flag has been a ...

The Bristow Flag Contest is down to the final four designs and the last round of voting before the winning design is scheduled to be revealed at the October 6 Council Meeting.

PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) — It all comes down to three. After three months of design submissions, Pekin residents now have to choose one of three flags. The contest is to commemorate the city’s ...