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Memorial Day: Area events remember veterans
The following is a round-up of area events being held in honor of Memorial Day. Services in Kankakee The Kankakee Veterans' Council will hold two Memorial Day services Monday.
Saturday May 26 | Daily Journal/Sunday Journal
National spelling bee: Mehta ready for spelling showdown
"Quibble. Q-U-I-B-B-L-E. Quibble." After Dhruv Mehta spoke that word, his ticket to the Scripps National Spelling Bee was punched.
Aggravated battery Neil Bernsteen, 23, of 584 S. Chicago Ave., Kankakee, was arrested at 5:03 p.m. Tuesday by Kankakee police for aggravated battery after a stabbing in the 500 block of East River Street.
Kankakee: Maternity BVM principal heads to McNamara
Terry Granger, principal at Maternity BVM Catholic School in Bourbonnais for the past 10 years, is graduating to high school -- again.
Heard It On The Street: Kankakee barber shop up for sale
Gentlemen's Choice barbershop, a Kankakee institution at the corner of East River Street and South Harrison Avenue, may soon be only a memory.
Dennis Yohnka: Teenage goof-off finds redemption
A beautiful moment missed. A slacker redeemed. And a column in the making. Those were the conclusions reached after Sunday's experience.
Bourbonnais: 'Call me Mr. Cemetery'
For 55 years, Memorial Day has been "the" holiday on Don Goin's calendar. And Monday will be no exception for this 84-year-old Bourbonnais resident.
Salute Chicago Lawn Man on 100th Birthday
Chicago Lawn resident John Matuszewski turned 100 years old last Friday, May 18, and on Saturday his family hosted a party to celebrate.
Channahon: Young Bourbonnais man dies in early-morning crash
A 23-year-old Bourbonnais man died Sunday morning in a single-car crash in Channahon.
Kankakee: Students walk in support of injured Aquinas teacher
More than 200 students, faculty and parents at Aquinas Catholic Academy took to the streets in Kankakee to benefit a part-time teacher seriously injured in a recent ATV accident.
Fix It! A successful yard sale means knowing the rules for your municipality
Published in the May 12 edition It's hard to tell where Bradley ends and Bourbonnais begins.
Fatal Crash in Channahon on Sunday
An un-named Bourbonnais man died Sunday after his vehicle left Interstate 55 and landed under the bridge in a parking lot.
Bourbonnais: Boy killed in mishap at Perry Farm
Aiden DiTola, 9, who fell to the bottom of ravine in Perry Farm Park while hiking with his Cub Scout group Saturday, died Sunday at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn.
Bourbonnais: Dog Day afternoon
Amy Nickell, of Kankakee, brought Miley, a 7-year-old shih tzu mix, to the Dog Day Afternoon at Perry Farm Park Sunday.
Bourbonnais: Boy injured at Perry Farm
A 12-year-old boy was airlifted from Perry Farm Park after suffering a serious head injury Saturday at Pause for Patriotism.
Snapshot: Oswego Gymnast Qualifies for Nationals
Oswego resident and Plank Junior High seventh-grader, Marissa Oakley, competed at the USAG Level 10 State Championship Meet in Bourbonnais in March of this year, where she clinched the firstA place All Around title, as well as placing firstA on Uneven Bars, secondA on Balance Beam and Vault, and thirdA on Floor Exercise.A Oakley's season continued ... (more)
Bourbonnais: Without a word, Corlett's signs say plenty
For Marilyn Corlett, of Bourbonnais, her career is quite literally a labor of love, a manual labor of love.
Education: Army anti-bullying campaign gets local attention
Every day an estimated 160,000 students miss school out fear of attack or intimidation by their peers.
Coming in The Weekend Edition: May 18, 2012
NEWS: Simple dream As a ward of the state, Samantha D'Aguanno lives on her own, at the Kankakee Salvation Army's homeless shelter.
Kankakee County: Civil suit meeting for Cox Tuesday
Jarrod Cox, of Bourbonnais, still faces a wrongful death civil suit for more than $50,000 for the fatal drunk-driving crash that killed his friend, Jordan Jackson, in the fall of 2010.