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A broken water heater at Liberty Intermediate School is being replaced after the purchase was approved during Tuesday’s meeting of the Bourbonnais Elementary School Board.

For Kankakee’s Florence Stove Company, Jan. 1, 1951, was anything but hopeful and positive. On that day, a fast-moving fire ripped through the company’s 58,000-square foot warehouse, destroying more than 30,000 products ready for shipment. 

The committee approved seven requests for funding, including $1.5 million for the new Kankakee County Animal Control building in Bourbonnais. The funds must be given final approval by the full county board at its next meeting on April 11.

Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe, in partnership with Animal Control & Adoption Center and the Kankakee County Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, will present the Animal Welfare Conference on April 13 at Kankakee Community College. 

The Economic and Community Development Agency will host a workshop at 5:30 p.m. April 11 in the ECDA Office, 200 E Court St., Suite 410, Kankakee. This workshop will review home maintenance checklists.

In June of 2022 Restoriation Works' Light Wave Stripper was granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va. The company at 320 S. Forest Ave. in Bradley is being recognized as this year’s Innovator in Technology as part of the Daily Journal’s 2023 Progress Awards.

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 The Pentagon on Thursday released video of what it said was a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone before the warplane clipped the drone's propeller in international airspace, leading to its crash in the Black Sea and raising tensions between Moscow and Washington over the war in Ukraine.

One year after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and caused widespread suffering, the global economy is still enduring the consequences — crunched supplies of grain, fertilizer and energy along with more inflation and economic uncertainty in a world that was already contending with too much of both.

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Bourbonnais News

The committee approved seven requests for funding, including $1.5 million for the new Kankakee County Animal Control building in Bourbonnais. The funds must be given final approval by the full county board at its next meeting on April 11.

On behalf of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the village of Bourbonnais is assisting in outreach efforts for transportation study participants. The study, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Transportation, will be conducted this week.

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In the April 4 general election voters will decide whether to approve an one-quarter cent (0.25%) countywide sales tax that will fund mental health in Kankakee County. It will be a simple yes or no vote, and majority wins. If the referendum passes, it's expected to generate approximately $3 million annually to fund mental health.

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The Boilers smacked 15 hits against Herscher Thursday, including a four-hit day from Kiersten Martin and a three-run homer from Liberty Rivard, to stay unbeaten this season.

Frozen fruits and vegetables take a lot of heat because most people assume that, if it’s frozen, it must be of a lesser quality and nutritional value than the same items fresh in the produce department.

Have you ever stopped to think about brand loyalty? Most of us have favorite brands. However, you may not have considered that your brand loyalty may actually be costing you money.

Truth is stranger than fiction in the new Apple TV+ film “Tetris,” starring Taron Egerton as Henk Rogers, a gaming software entrepreneur in the 1980s who stumbled upon what would become the next video addiction, Tetris.

Weekly Calendar

Our Life section feature "Best Bets" highlights local calendar events happening this week, including Easter Egg Hunts and lifelong learning opportunities.