The Kankakee County Museum will host the 36th annual Rhubarb Festival on Sunday, May 17.

County Board honors longtime Board member Pat Polk.

Herscher's Gianna High tied the girls soccer IHSA single-game record with seven assists in a 9-0 Tigers win, Bishop McNamara's softball team defeated ranked Class 3A Providence Catholic with an 11-4 win and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

After the Tigers took an early 5-1 lead, host Manteno saw Maddy Delya lock in on the rubber and also deliver the go-ahead two-run double in the Panthers' 10-8 win in Tuesday's Illinois Central Eight Conference finale.

Coal City senior Masyn Kuder threw a shutout in the final Illinois Central Eight Conference softball game of her career Tuesday, leading the visiting Coalers to a 3-0 win over Reed-Custer.

The Kankakee Kiwanis Club recently awarded five $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors in the Kankakee area at a luncheon at the Quality Inn.

Ronnie Wilcox, the athletic director at Kankakee for 11 years after eight years as the boys basketball coach, is taking a co-athletic director job at Lake Forest.

Riverside Healthcare announced a $15,000 donation to the Storm to Strength Initiative, which provides emergency assistance and long-term recovery support to survivors.

A fire at a residence in the 500 block of Turnberry Lane caused an estimated $250,000 damage Monday.

An ability-inclusive playground is in progress at Grace Christian Academy, inspired by the story of Kankakee 3-year-old Bedford Erickson, who lives with Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.