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Cissna Park forced 22 turnovers on its way to a 48-38 road win over Manteno on Monday, making a statement in a battle between a pair of ranked teams.

Meet this week's Daily Journal Athlete of the Week, Bradley-Bourbonnais junior swimmer Eli Swafford.

While the Kankakee East Riverwalk remains months away from completion, the city gained a $990,000 state OSLAD grant for the West Riverwalk.

Reed-Custer hosted the Comet Classic Invite on Friday and Saturday, where 28 teams from across the state got a vital tuneup for the upcoming postseason.

Coen Demack went for 30 points to lead Bishop McNamara to victory, Kankakee's Lincoln Williams had 27 points in a Kays win and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Daily Journal will honor members of the community with 11 professional awards.

Weekend events by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation are set to observe, reflect and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek write that despite the appearance of doom and gloom wherever one turns, all it not lost.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

A new Bourbonnais resident is seeking to have a law placed on the village books restricting where federal agents - such as ICE officers - can make arrests.

Bradley-Bourbonnais' boys bowling team advanced through the IHSA LaSalle-Peru Regional, as did Kankakee's Carson Meister and Reed-Custer's Mason Vasil. That and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

Powered by 24 points from Braden Campbell and some clutch second-half 3-pointers from Dylan Polito, Manteno went to Wilmington and knocked off the Illinois Central Eight co-leaders on Friday.

Momence led by as many as 35 points in the third quarter of an eventual 50-31 road win over Grant Park in River Valley Conference play Friday night, its third win in the last four games.

Charges have been filed against two more people involved in the Christmas Eve incident at Mac and Frankie’s in Bradley.

The scene from inside Mac and Frankie’s in Bradley last month shows a calm evening turn into chaos as people appear to forcibly push a Black woman from the bar.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Kankakee County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

For the second year in a row, the Manteno and Bishop McNamara boys basketball teams used their renewed rivalry to benefit the community. On Tuesday, the Panthers hosted Safe Harbor night to benefit

Design phase begins on Kankakee County Courthouse.

KCC's Fast Path program is accepting applications for Fall 2026

A fire destroyed a building and food truck Wednesday at Woldhuis Farms Sunrise Greenhouse, approximately one mile west of Grant Park.

Temo Guerrero, a 2025 graduate of the registered nursing program at Kankakee Community College, has been awarded The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nursing Students.

Just days after she joined the 1,000 career point club, Manteno junior Maddie Gesky continued her memorable week by becoming the school's career scoring leader in the Panthers' commanding home victory over Herscher on Thursday.

Watseka/Milford, Cissna Park and Iroquois West, three of the top four girls basketball teams in the Vermilion Valley Conference, continued their hot stretches of play and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe took to social media Wednesday to update the public on the Dec. 24, 2025, incident at Mac and Frankie’s in Bradley.

The driver of a passenger vehicle was killed when it collided with a Manhattan School District bus carrying students Thursday morning in southeastern Will County.