Don't forget to pick up your issue of the Daily Journal today as it's an extra special day to read your hometown newspaper!
In today's edition you'll find all of our regular coverage of local happenings and important news to know — and 29 Black Friday ad inserts! — but we also announce the winners of the Great Grocery Thanksgiving Giveaway!
We also announce the winners of the Dress the Turkey coloring contest — and we also published all 420 entries we received.
Most everyone agrees Kankakee's downtown area is on the upswing.
If there’s one good thing about Thanksgiving 2020, it’s that the turkey dinner that families will prepare and serve will cost less this year.
Many local holiday traditions have been claimed by the COVID-19 pandemic as restrictions have been put in place to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Spread some holiday cheer while shopping this Saturday and help the Dugan Family 31st annual Fill the Bus Toy Drive.
Christmas Day, Inc. will have seven locations for this year’s annul free Christmas Day Dinner.
Black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving — has been “The Biggest Shopping Day of the Year” for at least three decades. Since the late 1980s, crowds of bargain hunters have gathered in the pre-dawn darkness outside retail stores, awaiting the opportunity to snap up Christmas gift items as soon as the doors open. For retailers, the well-advertised Black Friday sales have traditionally brought in the revenue needed to put their income for the year “in the black.”
The late Doug Wellenreiter impacted a myriad of people in a variety of ways, all of which will be remembered for quite some time.
As food pantries continue to see an increased need throughout our local communities, Kankakee Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong is set to host another food drive in support of Kankakee County Community Services Inc.
A roundup of area arrests for serious crimes. Unless otherwise stated, these reports are taken directly from police reports.
Adding to your holiday festivities and activities, the village of Bourbonnais introduces its first "A Very Merry Coloring Contest."
Just days before her 90th birthday on Nov. 21, Bradley resident Lou Hart grabbed the phone from her daughter who said someone wanted to talk to her.
The late Doug Wellenreiter impacted a myriad of people in a variety of ways, all of which will be remembered for quite some time.
Herscher senior Mya Pinski has made a name for herself in the world of equestrian horse riding.
The Thanksgiving weekend football feast will be missing a few of the dishes that have become mainstays.
Momence native and 2008 Bishop McNamara graduate Brandi Branka made bowling history on Wednesday, setting a new women's state record for a three-game score.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Brandon Peters threw for one touchdown and ran for another in his first game in nearly a month, Illinois had two rushers go over 100 yards, and the Illini beat turnover-plagued Nebraska 41-23 on Saturday for their second straight win.
Hippocrates Medical Clinic is hosting a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 1 at 606 E. Court St., Kankakee.
SPRINGFIELD — After Pfizer submitted its application for a COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week, Illinois public health officials have continued preparing locations to store and distribute the vaccine that could be released to frontline hospital workers in a ma…
More than 2 million Illinoisans are expected to travel this Thanksgiving holiday, despite advice from health experts.
The state’s rolling seven-day average COVID-19 test positivity rate decreased by a half point Tuesday to 10.4 percent as hospitalizations continued to show signs of leveling, but officials urged caution ahead of the holiday weekend.
The state reported another 126 COVID-19-related deaths Friday as Tier 3 mitigations took effect statewide and virus-related hospitalizations continued to increase. Over the weekend, another 203 deaths were reported.
Illinois’ long-term care facilities are seeing spikes in COVID-19 cases, which means the virus is actively spreading amongst the state’s most vulnerable residents.
Adding to your holiday festivities and activities, the village of Bourbonnais introduces its first "A Very Merry Coloring Contest."
Bourbonnais Police Sgt. Craig King recently graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.
Village officials announced the closure of the lobbies at the Administration Building, 600 Main St. NW. and at the Public Works Department, 255 Mooney Drive, effective Monday.
A report of subjects checking vehicles in the 100 block of East Adams Street in Manteno ended with the suspects crashing their vehicle into a tree in Bradley.
KANKAKEE — State Sen. Patrick Joyce and state Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst feel the pain of their constituents when it comes to the state moving Kankakee and Will counties back to a more restrictive phase of the state’s COVID-19 reopening guidelines
Kankakee and Will counties will move back to Phase 3 of the state's COVID-19 recovery plan following a resurgence in its positivity rate.
A man died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday night on U.S. Route 45/52, 4 miles west of Manteno.
MANTENO — Running has been part of Daniel Gerber’s life for many years.
Two men were arrested following an incident that involved a Jeep ramming a motorcycle and shots fired at the Jeep on Monday.
Justin Daniel, consulting chef at Station Street Cafe, prepares a pan of Mexi-Chorizo Strata on Tuesday during a menu demonstration ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday. The downtown Kankakee restaurant is making its debut with pre-order "Mother's Day feast" meals after the coronavirus pandemic s…
The Festival of Barrel Aged Beers medal results are in, and in related news, I came in third in the fantasy draft the guys from ABV Chicago put on.
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On either end of Kankakee's Greenwood Avenue sits two iconic landmarks, Old Fair Park to the north and Cobb Park to the south.
For the Nucor Steel Kankakee plant in Bourbonnais, the future appears to be as solid as the product it produces.
Long ago, Van Drunen Farms and sister company FutureCeuticals assumed a place on the cutting edge of the global food industry.
Cancer is scary. A diagnosis of cancer can be overwhelming.
A school crossing, which should have been put in place 20 to 30 years ago, is finally about to happen.
At Hoekstra Transportation in Kankakee, it’s one big happy family.
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