Jamie Hawkins was recently elected mayor of Grant Park, where she will soon be replacing Martin Roth.
What does Bourbonnais Township want out of its park district?
A game camera recently snapped the first photos of a bobcat walking through the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Sand Ridge Savanna Nature Preserve in Custer Township.
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Volunteers are being sought for an Earth Day Litter Pickup Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Kankakee.
A roundup of area arrests for serious crimes. Unless otherwise stated, these reports are taken directly from police reports.
Four local students are set to receive Kankakee Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong’s African American Civic Leaders’ Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 each.
For the first time since March 2020, trustees will hold a regular board meeting in-person.
Kankakee Community College plans to distribute more than $633,000 in federal aid to current students.
United Way is launching a new fundraiser called the United Way ANY-K.
The Secret Food Pantry will host its next mobile pop-up event from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Bourbonnais.
Manteno resident Shannyn “Butterfly Lady” Dockery received a Harmony Hero Award for teaching students about the environment through a gardening and ecology program she helped start at Reavis Elementary School in Lansing, Ill.
State's Attorney Jim Rowe receives this year's Social Services Progress Award for implementing the role of community outreach specialist.
The food production plant at 14 Stuart Drive in Kankakee’s South Tec industrial park has transformed itself in the past 18 months to become a model site for Del Monte Fresh Produce.
It might have once been described as a leap of faith, but what Dave and Tiffany Kruse have done is now proving effective in helping firefighters.
Grace Christian Academy may be small, but the school’s commitment to its mission and its longstanding presence in the community is just the opposite.
Since 1897, AMITA Health St. Mary's Hospital has held firm to its commitment of providing compassionate, community-minded health care to Kankakee and the surrounding region.
For his bold move, Chris Ruder and his company, Spikeball, have been named an Innovator in Real Estate as part of the Daily Journal’s annual Progress Awards.
Kankakee County Vaccine Tracker
51,330
Total administered vaccine doses
22,677
People fully vaccinated
20.61%
Percent of population fully vaccinated
1,069
7 day average daily doses administered
547
Doses reported to be administered on 4/21
547
Doses reported to be administered on 4/21
Source: Illinois Department of Public Health
Last updated on 4/22/21.
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Over 1,600 first dose appointments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are available at Illinois National Guard clinics today, Wednesday and Thursday in Kankakee.
Though most schools and restaurants are open, over 17 percent of the population is vaccinated and the weather is warming up, Kankakee County is not yet out of COVID-19's grip.
Students at Bradley Central will return to full remote learning from April 19-30 thanks to a rash of positive cases of COVID-19.
The Illinois National Guard will be returning next week to administer shots of the Moderna vaccine at three mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Kankakee and one site in Watseka.
The statewide unemployment rate in Illinois fell three-tenths of a percentage point in March, to 7.1 percent, as the daily count of new COVID-19 cases and the case positivity rate appeared to be leveling.
Riverside Healthcare will be providing COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine shots on Thursday, April 15 at the Riverside West Kankakee location from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The Tigers led by 17 early, trailed by 12th in the fourth and ultimately fell by five in their first playoff game in over 20 years Saturday.
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In this week’s Daily Journal Prep Podcast, Mason Schweizer moves talks with Olivet Nazarene University quarterback David Hutton and head football coach Eric Hehman ahead of the Tigers’ NAIA Playoff matchup against Baker University.
Wednesday's April 14 sportswatch
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has agreed to a new contract that will keep him with the Jayhawks until he retires, even as the school awaits a decision from an independent panel investigating five Level I infractions charges alleged by the NCAA.
Upcoming televised games.
Bourbonnais News
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A Bourbonnais man arrested as part of an FBI sting in Bradley in February 2020 has been sentenced on a child sex charge.
The Secret Food Pantry will host its next mobile pop-up event from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Bourbonnais.
Bradley News
What does Bourbonnais Township want out of its park district?
Students at Bradley Central will return to full remote learning from April 19-30 thanks to a rash of positive cases of COVID-19.
A consulting firm has been selected to assist in the search process to hire a new superintendent at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307, with the plan to name that person in six weeks.
Manteno News
Manteno resident Shannyn “Butterfly Lady” Dockery received a Harmony Hero Award for teaching students about the environment through a gardening and ecology program she helped start at Reavis Elementary School in Lansing, Ill.
Clearway Energy Group is unveiling three solar farms today in Kankakee County, and those are located in Kankakee, Manteno and St. Anne.
The Manteno Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its annual “Thrill of the Games” event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in celebration of the 2021 Olympics.
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Throughout the month of May, Riverview Historic District will be hosting "Picture Perfect 5k." Friends and neighbors will have an opportunity to get active, enjoy nature and learn more about the neighborhood.
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What's happening this weekend, April 23 and 24.
The Merchant Street Art Gallery of Artists with Autism will be presenting the Run for Autism 5K/Mile Walk (formerly known as the Kilbride Classic) on June 20.
St. Rose of Lima Chapel, 486 W. Merchant St. in Kankakee, will celebrate monthly Mass at 6 p.m. on April 30. Reservations are required because of COVID restrictions.
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