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In this week’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about the recent Women in Networking event in which Bri Haug and Ari Hayden discussed the truth of work-life balance and self care.

A Bradley Commons Shopping Center location which once offered mattresses is being transformed into a Bricks & Minifigs business.

Bishop McNamara scored a senior night victory in a matchup of 20-plus win teams and Gardner-South Wilmington was defeated in a rivalry matchup with Dwight in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly joined local officials Tuesday to celebrate the repaired roof of the historic David Bradley Industrial Park campus warehouse.

For the first time this season, the Kankakee boys basketball team took the top spot in this week's Associated Press Class 3A Basketball Poll.

Bourbonnais Police Sgt. Dave Herberger said goodbye to his beloved K-9 partner, and family member, Athos.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais cheerleading team tied for second place in the co-ed division of the IHSA State Finals on Feb. 7, tying the program's best finish that was last accomplished in 2009.

In this week's column, Toby Moore writes permission is not needed to grab destiny.

One or more students from Kankakee County will be awarded a $300 scholarship to further their training in the Fine Arts.

In similar fashion to last month's matchup at Kankakee, Morris stormed ahead late to top the Kays on Tuesday, this time in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 3A Metamora Regional.

Coal City beat Reed-Custer and Peotone fell to Lisle in a pair of Illinois Central Eight Conference games with late-season implications on the ICE standings, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Manteno had a red-hot first quarter from the 3-point line, but visiting Wilmington took total control over the middle quarters to stay in the Illinois Central Eight Conference hunt with a 25-point win at Manteno on Tuesday.

Illinois State Police Troop 5, assisted by Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, arrested two people after suspected cocaine and fentanyl/methamphetamine was found in the vehicle they were on Monday.

The Bourbonnais Elementary School Board is accepting applications to fill a board vacancy until Monday, Feb. 23.

One of two children critically injured in a single-vehicle crash on East Illinois Route 17 last week has died.

An Indiana man fleeing from police in Champaign County was apprehended by Kankakee County Sheriff’s deputies Saturday.

Kankakee firefighters responded to a small structure fire overnight Sunday in the 1900 block of South Schuyler Avenue.

The Panthers bested Peotone, the Comets avenged multiple losses to Tri-Point and Cissna Park got past Hoopeston. Iroquois West's Amelia Scharp reached 1,000 career points in her final game, and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bishop McNamara clamped down on defense early in Monday's IHSA Class 2A Bishop McNamara Regional semifinal win over Reed-Custer, going on to beat the Comets 60-36.

An all-time class of Kankakee boys basketball seniors took their home court for the last time Monday, pulling away in the second half for a 63-47 win over Waubonsie Valley.

Meet this week's Daily Journal Athlete of the Week, Gardner-South Wilmington's Leondre Kemp.

The ownership of the 44,000-square-foot former Big Lots! site in Bradley is seeking a new occupant.

The $44,000 grant will fund new citizenship classes and two additional ESL classes in underserved areas of the district.

Clifton-Central's Payton Temple was crowned sectional champion and will be joined at state by Bradley-Bourbonnais Sophia Domont. The Boilers' Kayden Roach is also state-bound on the boys side, girls regional basketball action began and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Coal City became the only team in Illinois to have all 14 wrestlers punch their tickets to the state finals, while seven more area teams had 12 additional wrestlers advance out of the IHSA Class 1A Coal City Sectional.