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Kankakee's softball team rallied for 10 runs in the final two innings to down Bloom 14-8, Bishop McNamara stayed hot with its third straight win and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

A day after picking up a walkoff win to snap a five-game skid, Momence outlasted a late rally from Reed-Custer to pick up a 7-6 home win and take back-to-back games for the first time this season.

The Daily Journal “Salute to Service” special section will publish Wednesday, May 20.

The impact of March 10 tornado will ripple through the Kankakee County community for years to come. The Daily Journal is reflecting on that impact with today's commemorative special section, "Stronger Together: Kankakee County's Recovery."

More than 250 students will receive degrees and certificates on Saturday, May 16, with a Riverside Healthcare executive serving as the keynote speaker.

The first Kankakee Farmers Market of the 2026 season is Saturday, May 2.

Amakuni turned humiliation into mastery. He let failure teach him, harden him and drive him forward until the thing that once shamed him became the thing that set him apart.

University of Illinois Extension leadership toured horticulture programs in Joliet and Bourbonnais, the final stop in a statewide visit to all 27 multi-county units.

The free monthly support group brings together family caregivers to share experiences and learn about resources for managing serious illness.

Houses were destroyed and communities will be altered for years to come, but one Kankakee County golf course took a direct hit from the March 10 tornado, losing approximately 300 trees with some as old as 250 years old.

Beecher and Momence both walked off with wins in River Valley Conference play, Herscher's softball team did the same in Illinois Central Eight Conference play and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bradley-Bourbonnais ace Lydia Hammond wasn't supposed to pitch much against Lockport Tuesday as she works her way back from an injury. But taking a perfect game into the sixth and no-hitter into the seventh, Hammond threw a complete game in a pivotal 7-2 Boilermakers' win.

Beecher's Allie Johnson and Carmela Irwin combined for a five-inning perfect game in game two of Tuesday's River Valley Conference doubleheader sweep over Grant Park after Taylor Norkus threw a two-hitter in game one, showcasing the pitching depth on the undefeated Bobcats.

Illinois State Police released the body camera footage Tuesday from the two Bradley Police officers involved in the April 8 shooting of 34-year-old Jose Orozco, of Bradley.

Sean Barry, a deputy sheriff with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office, is a self-described weather geek.

Eight area college, high school and junior high coaches from the Kankakee area were named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Coaches of the Year.

John Palan, superintendent of Grant Park Community Unit School District 6, has been named the 2026 Superintendent of Distinction by his peers in the Three Rivers Region of the Illinois Association of School Administrators.

Olivet Nazarene University has called Bourbonnais home since 1940, with roots extending back to 1907. It numbers 775 full- and part-time employees, not counting part-time adjunct instructors

After rain pushed back opening night by a week, racing season officially got underway at the Kankakee County Speedway on April 24. Here are the results from that first night of racing.

Riverside Healthcare seeks to have new direction for the former Bourbonnais Cigna property before 2026 ends.

Riverside Healthcare donated more than $12,000 to 18 high schools across Kankakee, Grundy, Will, and Iroquois counties for their 2025 fall sports seasons.

Meet this week's Daily Journal Athlete of the Week, Wilmington sprinter and hurdler McKenna Van Tilburg.

The Kankakee Regional Land Bank Board Authority approved two sales at its meeting on Tuesday.

Riverside Healthcare will demolish the former Cigna building on its Bourbonnais property, determining that restoration costs were too high.

The two statewide volunteer programs, run through the University of Illinois Extension, train residents to grow food, support pollinators, and protect natural resources.