Week in photos: Feb. 15-21, 2021
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Tiffany Blanchette
Photojournalist
Some of the best photos from mid-February local news stories.
Dave Lamie, a freshman counselor at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School, greets a student Friday morning during a zoom session. READ MORE.
Found in a Kankakee County field with her mouth and legs zip-tied, GG is recovering at a foster home in Illinois. She is a nine-year-old Keeshond breed. She was one of three Keeshonds confiscated along with 11 cats. READ MORE.
Kankakee Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong listens to public comment at the start of Wednesday’s special Kankakee City Council meeting. The 14-member council voted by a 8-6 margin to deny five provisions on the agenda dealing with a possible independent investigation into the mayor’s campaign donations. READ MORE.
Bourbonnais teachers and supporters hold signs as they listen to Bourbonnais Education Association president Lauren Lundmark during a rally to demand “fair contract, fair pay” Wednesday afternoon. READ MORE.
The gas price of $2.75 is reflected in a car mirror in Bourbonnais. Costs jumped 15 to 30 cents in the area Wednesday after about 20 percent of refining capacity went offline from extreme cold in the south. READ MORE.
Mike Bielic, of Bourbonnais, clears his driveway of snow Tuesday afternoon after Feb. 15’s snowstorm dumped as much as 9 inches in most areas of Kankakee County. READ MORE.
Siblings Mikey and Ceci of Dwight created an igloo and decorated it recently with ice orbs they froze in balloons during the below-zero temperatures and dyed with food coloring. MORE READER PHOTOS.
Brittani Bury, 30, of Kankakee, is one of 43 people in the U.S. currently waiting for a heart-lung transplant. Bury was born with five congenital heart defects and two congenital lung defects, undergoing her first open-heart surgery at less than a day old. READ MORE.
Tiffany Blanchette
Photojournalist
Tiffany has been a photojournalist with the DJ since 2014 & Photo Editor since 2018. She covers everything from daily news, sports and Lifestyles magazine shoots. A Herscher grad, Tiffany received her B.A. in Journalism at Southern Illinois University.
