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Riverside Healthcare is introducing a new OB Hospitalist program to strengthen patient safety and enhance care for mothers and babies.

Play the Daily Journal Matchup Madness College Basketball Contest for a chance to win one of three gift cards provided by Berkot’s Super Foods!

The Grace Community United Methodist Church is hosting a community widow/widower support group on Saturday, March 21.

The New Horizons Band of River Valley is performing at 7 p.m. Monday, March 9, at the Olivet Nazarene University’s Larsen Fine Arts Building.

The 2026-27 school year will be the year of new principals for Herscher Community Unit School District 2, with three of the four schools set to have new leaders.

What happened last week to halt the second attempt to start the trial against Xandria Harris?

In this week's column, Dennis Marek writes while missing Nancy Guthrie has not been found, neither local or federal police can be blamed.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

The wait for a conclusion to the long-running legal battle regarding the murder of a Bradley police sergeant takes its toll.

Bishop McNamara pulled off an improbable comeback win in Friday's IHSA Class 2A Seneca Sectional championship against Yorkville Christian, outscoring the Mustangs 37-10 down the stretch to erase a 14-point deficit and win 69-56 in overtime.

Kankakee, which entered the postseason as the top-ranked team in Class 3A, was shocked by Morton in Friday's Class 3A Ottawa Sectional championship.

With a pair of 2,000-point scorers in Addison Lucht and Dierks Neukomm, and a pair of 1,000-point scorers in Lauryn Hamrick and Seth Walder, the Cissna Park basketball class of 2026 made their way into school record books.

Riverside Healthcare is hosting the Heart Ball on Saturday, March 7, at the Tinley Park Convention Center.

Manteno Ford is now Crosswell Ford.

As we hopefully start transitioning to spring, the Bourbonnais trustees received an update on winter during Monday’s board meeting.

In this week’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about the impending springtime and upcoming local events to celebrate the season.

At the annual State of the County presentation, the message was plain and it was simple: Kankakee County people control Kankakee County's future.

Kankakee erased a late 10-point deficit to beat East Peoria 59-53 in Wednesday's IHSA Class 3A Ottawa Sectional semifinal, advancing to the championship game against Morton on Friday.

Governors State University will host a documentary showcase of “Medasse: A Ghana Public Health Brigade” on Friday, March 6.

The Manteno Village Board is mulling over an ordinance of whether to allow trustees to attend meetings via a Zoom link.

In this week's column, Toby Moore writes despite any concepts to the contrary, we are all connected.

Bourbonnais police officers can now issue ordinance violations when it comes to theft and retail theft.

Toastmasters International is hosting an open house from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 at the Kankakee Area YMCA.

Bishop McNamara's boys basketball team held Wilmington to a season-low 24 points and turned 17 offensive rebounds into 18 second-chance points in Tuesday's Class 2A Seneca Sectional semifinal win.

Purchasing the former deteriorating former Salvation Army Thrift Store property was never the goal of the Kankakee City Council, but that is where they now are.