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.