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Grant Park Schools is hosting a Career Exploration Fair from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, at Grant Park High School at 421 Esson Farm Rd., and is seeking professionals to speak with students about their careers.

Bishop McNamara's active defense helped fuel a dominant 67-27 conference win over Chicago Christian on Monday in which the Fightin' Irish also set a new season high in points scored.

Watseka/Milford girls basketball reached the 20-win mark and stayed undefeated in the Vermilion Valley, Gardner-South Wilmington earned its second win in its last three games and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Endangered leafy prairie clover was found for first the time since 1873 by volunteer conservationist Karen Horn on Langham Island, located near the Kankakee River State Park. The island is also the only known home to the Kankakee mallow flower.

Meet the Daily Journal's Athlete of the Week, Bradley-Bourbonnais girls wrestler Aubrianna Rapier.

Manteno Board unanimously approved a new village chaplain.

The combination of severe cold, blowing snow and slick roads has caused schools around Kankakee County to either close or use e-learning days on Monday.

The Kankakee County Homeless Task Force is pushing for emergency options for warming those without shelter as brutal cold hits Kankakee County.

A Piper City man died in a single-vehicle crash in rural Gilman Saturday.

An electrical fire Saturday afternoon on Kankakee’s northside left several tenants of an apartment building displaced.

The Boilermaker dance team is headed to state, Bishop McNamara's Tristin Golden is a conference champion on the mats and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

For their continued dedication to helping foster children and families, The Daily Journal recognizes the women behind Georgie’s Closet as our 2025 Female Citizens of the Year.

Brothers Luke and Jake Munsterman were two of 12 Coal City wrestlers to win individual titles at the Illinois Central Eight Conference tournament on Saturday, where the Coalers ran away with a team title with 276.5 points.

While three Illinois GOP candidates varied on how to reclaim the state capital, they agreed the Republican Party must unite after the March 17 primary.

An industrial processing issues resulted last week in an explosion of soap bubbled along and onto Kennedy Drive in Kankakee.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek writes that while the Chicago Bears ultimately came up short last week, the football game gave proof for the reasons we watch - and enjoy.

Firefighters battled a blaze in windchills reaching 30 degrees below zero early Saturday morning at a home near McHenry.

Wilmington head coach Jeff Reents has spent the last three decades building the Wildcats into one of the state's premier football programs, and after winning his fourth state title in 2025, he is the Daily Journal Male Sports Citizen of the Year.

Vietnam veterans Dorothy Bendix and William Terrill received the NSDAR Distinguished Citizen Medal for their service and volunteer work in the community.

The Kankakee Police Department is now at its full complement of officers following its latest staff additions.

Reed-Custer downed Illinois Central Eight Conference opponent Herscher for its fourth straight win, Gardner-South Wilmington improved to 8-1 in River Valley Conference play and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

After extensive discussion in executive session, the Land Bank decided to list the property at 217 E. Court St. at $99,900.

A request for extra room for any overflow crowd in the Xandria Harris trial next month was denied Friday.

Kankakee County Circuit Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott ruled TV cameras will not be allowed to broadcast live in the courtroom during the trial for Xandria Harris.

Alexis McCullough, 17, the former Miss Kankakee’s Teen 2025, was recently crowned Miss Chicago’s Teen 2026.