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This ordinance would clarify that village-owned property should not be used for civil immigration enforcement activities.

Two games after setting the program's career scoring record, Cissna Park's Addison Lucht became the first player in school history to reach 2,000 career points during her 28-point effort in Wednesday's 65-26 win over Clifton Central.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys basketball team snapped an 11-game losing streak with its first conference win, the Kankakee girls blew out Thornwood to secure a 20-win season and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Led by senior Bri Dyer-Riegle and her score of 584, Bradley-Bourbonnais cleared Kankakee, Peotone and Bishop McNamara to retain the All-Area girls bowling title Wednesday at the Brookmont Bowling Center.

Five members of Cub Scout Pack 324 and Boy Scout Troop 324 toured Village Hall, the Police Department, Public Works, and the Fire Protection District.

At Monday’s Manteno Village Board meeting trustees voted 3-2 to deny the request for a liquor license that also included a gaming provision.

In this week's column, Toby Moore explains there are different type of praise and trust, but while some are genuine, others come with strings attached.

Zonta Party Gras will be held Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Kankakee Knights of Columbus Hall.

The Kankakee River will be the site for national championship racing for the coming years.

Bradley-Bourbonnais held a late lead and saw three different players score 11 points on Tuesday, but its losing streak reached 11 games in a late loss to Sandburg.

Kankakee clinched the Southland Athletic Conference title outright with a 20-point road win over Crete-Monee, its 15th win in a row, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

According to Kankakee County Sheriff’s police, 47-year-old Julius E. Burkes Jr. was apprehended in the 6400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, in Hammond, Indiana, as he was exiting his residence.

The owner of The Line bar in Momence was shot "execution style" during a robbery Monday at the business located on the Illinois/Indiana state line.

On Tuesday, Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police released photos of a person of interest in the homicide of 30-year-old Courtney M. Drysdale.

A month and a half after taking a 34-point home loss to Manteno, Reed-Custer returned the favor Monday with a 45-42 upset of the Panthers, handing Manteno its first Illinois Central Eight Conference loss of the season.

Bishop McNamara's Trinitee Thompson helped the Irish to a win at Marian Central, Ava Johnson and Malea Harrison powered Kankakee over Morgan Park and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Kankakee County sheriff’s police and the Kankakee County Coroner’s office are investigating a homicide that occurred at a bar at the Illinois/Indiana state line.

Recent expansion plans at Kankakee's Aqua Illinois plant have raised concerns among residential neighbors.

Meet the Daily Journal's Athlete of the Week, Kankakee boys wrestler Jacob Vinardi.

A former Clifton Central High School agriculture teacher has been sentenced to 25 years in prison

Coal City had 11 wrestlers place first and all 14 advance to sectionals in a dominant Class 1A Coal City Regional performance, Kankakee advanced six wrestlers out of the 2A Oak Forest Regional and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Lincoln-Way West won the IHSA Class 3A Rich Township Regional title on Saturday and advanced 10 wrestlers to sectionals, while Lincoln-Way Central also advanced 10, Lincoln-Way East advanced seven, and Bradley-Bourbonnais advanced four.

When Kathy Colclasure graduated from Bradley-Bourbonnais in 1983, she never would have imagined returning to her alma mater. But since returning to coach in 1990, Colclasure, still the girls golf coach, has coached a combined 66 seasons of badminton, tennis and golf.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

Reed-Custer beat Illinois Central Eight Conference opponent Coal City for its seventh straight win, Milford downed Schlarman in an overtime Vermilion Valley Conference thriller, and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.