The MCA Senior Adult Day Center will celebrate its expanding Butterfly Garden project with a community release ceremony on June 16, bringing together seniors, youth, and volunteers for an intergenerational experience at Bird Park.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek seeks to explain the reason for a right-handed dominated world.

The 2026 Iroquois River Fishing Tournament was held May 23–24 along the Iroquois River, with 32 teams participating in this year’s event.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

After Beecher turned a three-run deficit to a one-run lead with a two-out rally in the top of the seventh, Seneca's Emma Mino delivered the walk-off single in the Class 2A Pontiac Sectional championship to give the Fighting Irish their first sectional title in program history.

In the Class 2A and 3A prelims at the IHSA Track and Field State Championships, Bradley-Bourbonnais' LyZale Edmon advanced to the finals in the 200 meters and as part of both the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams while Manteno's Briggs Cann qualified in the 400 meters.

Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 is applying for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision for three of its schools.

A third person, who was a passenger in a pickup which crashed early Sunday in Momence, died Thursday.

Bishop McNamara's Malachi Lee, Cale Hamilton and Brock Clott were three of six area boys track and field athletes to advance to Saturday's state finals from the Class 1A prelims at Eastern Illinois University. This and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

After getting an out at home plate to end the top of the sixth inning, Bishop McNamara saw Nick Pignatiello deliver the go-ahead, two-run single in the bottom of the inning as the Fightin' Irish scored a 7-5 win in Thursday's regional semifinal battle.