Week in photos: July 25-31, 2022
Some of the week's best photos from local news stories in July.Â
Singing to the skies
People enjoy music by the Jolly Ringwalds, a 1980s cover band, along the tiers of Willowhaven Park's amphitheater Tuesday night during the Bourbonnais Township Park District's Summer Concert Series. The music series alternates between Willowhaven and Perry Farm location. The series' final show will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Perry Farm. The show features an acoustic set by local musician Matt Yeager. MORE PHOTOS.
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Members of the South Limestone Social Circle, and their friends and family, gathered for a monthly meeting to celebrate the club's 100th anniversary. From back left, Kathy Rieke, Kelly Oster, Donna Remillard, Linda Schneider, Marian McCabe; center, from left, Delores O'Connor, Agy Karnes, Linda Smith, Andy Steinke, Nancy Oster; front, from left, Natalie Oster, Norah Oster, Noah Oster and Faith Gayhart. Members not pictured include Mary Bracken, Karen Petersen, Marge Potter, Pam Roberts and Irene Salzman. READ MORE.
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Father Charles Chiniquy in about 1841, when he was gaining fame in French Canada for his work as an anti-alcohol crusader. His Society of Temperance pamphlet was widely printed, and went through three editions in a period of less than 10 years. READ MORE.
Maj. Ivy Stampley
Maj. Ivy Stampley, retired Army officer, was approved for hire by the Kankakee School Board on Monday to become Kankakee High School's Senior Army JROTC Instructor. READ MORE.Â
Church collapse
Part of the roof and a wall of the former Temple B’nai Israel Kankakee, now True Vine Life-Changing Ministries, collapsed Saturday at the South Harrison Avenue and River Street intersection. No one was injured, Kankakee Fire Chief Bryan LaRoche said. READ MORE.Â
Tigers
A mural near the Bourbonnais Elementary District 53 administration building shows the Tigers mascot, which is now the mascot for all five schools after LeVasseur, Shepard and Shabbona schools asked for their mascots to be changed from the Explorers, Rockets and Bears, respectively. READ MORE.
Principal of buses
Herscher High School principal Brad Elliot drives a school bus around campus last week, something he did frequently last school year to help cover bus routes as driver shortages hit the district. Elliot said the possibility of seeing a nationally-ranked track athlete, 2021 grad Drew Rogers, unable to attend competitions is what ultimately drove him to find a solution. Elliot would drive over 100 routes last school year. READ MORE.Â
Principal of buses
Herscher High School principal Brad Elliot shows the checklist he had to learn last school year to help cover bus routes as driver shortages hit the district. Elliot, along with some fellow Herscher staff members, obtained their CDL licenses to keep kids in attendance and involved in their extracurriculars. Elliot said the possibility of seeing a nationally-ranked track athlete, 2021 grad Drew Rogers, unable to attend competitions is what drove him to find a solution.
Balloons in the sky
Event workers fire the burner to keep a hot air balloon floating Saturday during the Peotone Hot Air Balloon Festival. MORE PHOTOS.Â
