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The Let's Ketchup local nonprofit gives a $7,000 check to Bourbonnais Elementary District 53 on Tuesday to go toward paying school lunch debt for families in the greatest need. Pictured, from left ...

Yes, there are bigger issues to deal with in the days after the not-so-great debate, but I’m left with one nagging question that I cannot seem to shake: ...

Large fuel tanks await placement as exterior walls begin to take shape at the Ricky Rockets Fuel Center along East Court Street at the Interstate 57 interchange on Wednesday. READ MORE.

In this week's Heard on the Street: Golden Brew & Creamery offers sweet treats in Beecher; Kankakee Valley Park District is selling surplus softballs; Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow ...

Toby Moore is a columnist, star of the Emmy-nominated film “A Separate Peace,” and CEO of CubeStream Inc. He resides in Bourbonnais and can be reached through the Daily Journal at editors ...

The U.S. House approved a series of investments in late February from the pending 2024 federal budget and the 441,000-square-foot Ken Hayes Industrial Park along East North Street in the ...

House Bill 3814 amends the Illinois School Code by removing a conflict that students in 4-H and Future Farmers of America faced when it came to attending career-related events during ...

Rishard D. Blakemore, of Kankakee, was charged by the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office with five retail thefts totaling more than $18,000 in 2022 from a Bradley business.

The recent incidents of violent crime are unfortunate. However, the gun shots and fatalities were not unanticipated. There have been a slew of murders and several reports of gun shots ...

A woman leaves a Kmart in Avenel, N.J., Monday, in the days before the New Jersey store closes its doors on April 16. It will leave only three remaining U.S. locations for the former retail ...