Week in photos: May 15-21, 2023
- Daily Journal staff report
Some of the week's best photos from local news stories.Â
Kankakee Jaycees Little League player Zion Matchem, 5, runs toward home plate as coach Toya Trapp encourages him Saturday afternoon during the T-ball game at Beckman Park in Kankakee. At right is an opposing player, DeShawn Sanders-Gilbert, 5. READ MORE.Â
Mike "Coach Mike" Terrell removes the bases after the last Kankakee Jaycees Little League game Saturday at Beckman Park in Kankakee. Terrell, a Kankakee native, played in the Jaycees Little League as a kid, has coached for the past eight years and is the new league president this year. READ MORE.Â
Kankakee's Nevaeh Lowe leads the charge as the Kays girls track and field team steps forward to receive their second consecutive IHSA Class 2A Girls Track and Field State championship trophy at Saturday's State Finals at Eastern Illinois University. READ MORE.
- PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks
Thirteen members of the 28-person cast of "Chicago," performed this spring by Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School's theater department, pose for a group photo. At center is senior Jordan Fox who — along with the ensemble and production — has been nominated by Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards. READ MORE.
- Photo provided/BBCHS Theatre
Bradley Police Sgt. Tyler Bailey pauses for a moment after placing the wreath at the Kankakee Area Law Enforcement Memorial near fallen Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic's name on Thursday during the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony at the Kankakee County Courthouse. MORE PHOTOS.Â
Junie, a resident horse at Perry Farm, smells for treats after being groomed in the pasture Wednesday morning. Junie shares her days with three fellow horses, two goats, two sheep, a pig and nearby chickens and ducks on the farm. READ MORE.
Herscher captains Elise Kukuck, center, Hailey King (13) and Katelyn Borschnack, right, celebrate with the Class 1A Manteno Sectional championship plaque Friday after the Tigers' 6-2 victory against Coal City. READ MORE.
Rob Varley, an Intrinsic Arts performer from Kankakee, spins a fire staff Tuesday night during the first Fire on the Square event of the year at Manteno’s Square on Second. The entertainment collective features performers and offers skill workshops from 3-9 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month through October. The next event is June 20 and will be joined by Manteno Cruise Nights on Main Street, which runs the first and third Tuesdays of each month through Sept. 5. MORE PHOTOS.Â
People stroll Tuesday evening along Main Street in Manteno to view various types of vehicles at the first Manteno Cruise Night. The event is held from 6-9 p.m. every first and third Tuesday through Sept. 6. MORE PHOTOS.Â
Bridget Bertrand, left, of Bourbonnais, a sophomore at Bishop McNamara Catholic High School, and Gianna Beaupre, a Mac junior, plant flowers Monday in a downtown Kankakee flower pot. The project is part of the school’s botany class project, as the class partners with the Kankakee Kultivators annually to make downtown blossom.Â
- Daily Journal/Lee Provost
Abigail, 3, left, and Annabelle Beedle, 6, the daughters of Adam and Amanda Beedle of St. Anne, are living with a rare type of Batten disease. The Beedles are hosting a fun run on June 10 to raise funds for Batten Disease Support and Research Association. READ MORE.Â
- Photo submitted
Herscher's Macey Moore, left, gestures to the camera as team captains Elise Kukuck, Hailey King and Katelyn Borschnack hold the IHSA Class 1A Herscher Regional championship plaque Friday after the Tigers' 9-1 victory over Wilmington. READ MORE.
Kankakee Jaycees Little League player Zion Matchem, 5, runs toward home plate as coach Toya Trapp encourages him Saturday afternoon during the T-ball game at Beckman Park in Kankakee. At right is an opposing player, DeShawn Sanders-Gilbert, 5. READ MORE.Â
Mike "Coach Mike" Terrell removes the bases after the last Kankakee Jaycees Little League game Saturday at Beckman Park in Kankakee. Terrell, a Kankakee native, played in the Jaycees Little League as a kid, has coached for the past eight years and is the new league president this year. READ MORE.Â
Kankakee's Nevaeh Lowe leads the charge as the Kays girls track and field team steps forward to receive their second consecutive IHSA Class 2A Girls Track and Field State championship trophy at Saturday's State Finals at Eastern Illinois University. READ MORE.
- PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks
Thirteen members of the 28-person cast of "Chicago," performed this spring by Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School's theater department, pose for a group photo. At center is senior Jordan Fox who — along with the ensemble and production — has been nominated by Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards. READ MORE.
- Photo provided/BBCHS Theatre
Jayden Crane, an artist with Merchant Street Art Gallery of Artists with Autism, discusses his music-themed art during the vintage-themed art show at Madame Saint Vintage. MORE PHOTOS.Â
- Daily Journal/Taylor Leddin-McMaster
Bradley Police Sgt. Tyler Bailey pauses for a moment after placing the wreath at the Kankakee Area Law Enforcement Memorial near fallen Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic's name on Thursday during the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony at the Kankakee County Courthouse. MORE PHOTOS.Â
Junie, a resident horse at Perry Farm, smells for treats after being groomed in the pasture Wednesday morning. Junie shares her days with three fellow horses, two goats, two sheep, a pig and nearby chickens and ducks on the farm. READ MORE.
Anahi Anaya and Caleb Williams are pictured while she was in the hospital after Anaya was the victim of a hit and run May 6. She was riding motorcycles with Williams. READ MORE.
Herscher captains Elise Kukuck, center, Hailey King (13) and Katelyn Borschnack, right, celebrate with the Class 1A Manteno Sectional championship plaque Friday after the Tigers' 6-2 victory against Coal City. READ MORE.
Rob Varley, an Intrinsic Arts performer from Kankakee, spins a fire staff Tuesday night during the first Fire on the Square event of the year at Manteno’s Square on Second. The entertainment collective features performers and offers skill workshops from 3-9 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month through October. The next event is June 20 and will be joined by Manteno Cruise Nights on Main Street, which runs the first and third Tuesdays of each month through Sept. 5. MORE PHOTOS.Â
People stroll Tuesday evening along Main Street in Manteno to view various types of vehicles at the first Manteno Cruise Night. The event is held from 6-9 p.m. every first and third Tuesday through Sept. 6. MORE PHOTOS.Â
Bridget Bertrand, left, of Bourbonnais, a sophomore at Bishop McNamara Catholic High School, and Gianna Beaupre, a Mac junior, plant flowers Monday in a downtown Kankakee flower pot. The project is part of the school’s botany class project, as the class partners with the Kankakee Kultivators annually to make downtown blossom.Â
- Daily Journal/Lee Provost
Abigail, 3, left, and Annabelle Beedle, 6, the daughters of Adam and Amanda Beedle of St. Anne, are living with a rare type of Batten disease. The Beedles are hosting a fun run on June 10 to raise funds for Batten Disease Support and Research Association. READ MORE.Â
- Photo submitted
Herscher's Macey Moore, left, gestures to the camera as team captains Elise Kukuck, Hailey King and Katelyn Borschnack hold the IHSA Class 1A Herscher Regional championship plaque Friday after the Tigers' 9-1 victory over Wilmington. READ MORE.
Firefighter/Paramedic Kyle Haemker poses with 79th District State Representative Jackie Haas, R-Kankakee, following the Illinois Fallen Firefighter Memorial Ceremony. READ MORE.
- Photo submitted
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