Municipal Bank has hired Lori Keigher as Vice President, bringing more than 30 years of banking and lending experience to the organization.

The Kankakee Valley Park District Board of Commissioners has a vacancy and is looking for qualified residents to fill it.

Kankakee's Dominic White split the Southland high jump title and was joined by Kymani Billings, Phillip Turner and George Noble on the winning 4x100 relay team. At the SWSC meet, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Lyzale Edmon won the 200. That and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Beecher won its River Valley Conference finale 13-5 over host Momence on Thursday, locking up second place in the conference standings and winning for the 13th time in the last 14 games.

The Daily Journal has dedicated its May 14 edition to those everyday people who uplift, inspire and lead by example in their communities, workplaces and families.

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School will be adjusting materials and reducing some features from its facilities project after construction bids came in about $16 million over budget.

Kankakee cross country coach Rich Olmstead and soccer coach Vincent Mkhwanazi, though not originally from the Kankakee area, have seen the community they love and now call home come together in an inspiring way following March's devastating tornado.

A bar owner who opened her doors during a tornado. A veteran turned trauma therapist. A paraeducator who said she’d never leave her kids. Meet the Kankakee Daily Journal’s 2026 Everyday Heroes, nominated by our readers

Whether it is doing his job as a lieutenant with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office, or as a coach of a traveling baseball team, Russell Belcher is well versed in team work.

A group of Kankakee County military veterans, mainly Marines, continue their call for service well into retirement years.