With almost 30 All-State selections, the 2026 Daily Journal All-Area softball team boasts some of the state's deepest talent across all four classes.

The federal agency charged with assisting regions devastated by disasters will not be offering assistance to Kankakee County in regards to the March tornado.

The familiar carnival rides got spinning and the corndogs, elephant ears and lemon shakeups started flying off stands this week as the 51st annual Bourbonnais Friendship Festival has returned. The annual awards and scholarships were announced at Wednesday's opening ceremony.

Bourbonnais Mayor Jeff Keast said Friday work on a Chipotle is set to start at a location on the west side of Main Street NW in the 100 or 200 block.

Longtime Manteno village attorney Joe Cainkar was reinstated, for now, to his position on Thursday by a 4-0 vote by the Board of Trustees nine days after he was terminated by Mayor Annette LaMore. LaMore was not present Thursday, saying it was an "illegal meeting."

Bourbonnais Township Park District trustees heard the latest on the possibility of building an open-air pavilion at Perry Farm Park.

Matthew White, a former Bourbonnais resident and BBCHS graduate, reflects on his experience receiving a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Rooftop solar panels could be a feature of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School’s new field house and remodeled building.

An accident involving an ATV Saturday claimed the life of a Bonfield man in western Kankakee County.

Still I Rise is opening its doors—and its supply closet—to Kankakee County this Saturday.