Bourbonnais News

FIRST PHOTO: From left, 10-year-old Christy Fritz, of Bradley; 7-year-old Chloe Whalen, of Limestone; and 6-year-old Nick Adams and 7-year-old Skylar Klonowski, both of Bourbonnais, enjoy the ice cream they made Sunday afternoon during the Pledge for Life Partnership's 16th annual Family Fun-a-thon at Olivet Nazarene University.

With more than 1,000 people making their way to the Pledge for Life Partnership's annual Family Fun-a-thon on Sunday at Olivet Nazarene University, it's no wonder the event is now in its 16th year.

Cheryl and Dave Herberger were high school sweethearts. They met at Alan B. Shepard Elementary School in Bourbonnais, started dating a few years later at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School and will celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary Aug.

The 22-year-old clarinet virtuoso ran through several bars of Paganini's "Caprice No.

On the wall in Lisa Riegel's fifth-grade classroom is a poster with the image of two hands cupping rich, dark soil with a single new corn plant growing in it.

The Kankakee City Council appears prepared to put the brakes on the tradition of collecting donations from vehicles sitting idle at intersections.

The Riverside Medical Center will open the doors of its new Sleep Disorder Institute today in Bourbonnais.

Published in The Daily Journal Jan. 27, 2012 Crescent City's Tyler Clay, 17, can't forget his sister, Megan's, cries.

Five-year-old Emily Storer, of Bourbonnais, waits in the back of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley with her mother during the school Mass on Wednesday afternoon.

A tea party activist from suburban Palatine set to speak Saturday at the local tea party chapter is likely to spark a debate about religious freedom and the growing fear among a small faction that Islamic law is finding its way into the legal and cultural fabric of America.

BARBECK Communications announced today the sale of their Verizon Wireless division effective February 1 to The Wireless Store, Inc.

Catholic schools in the area and around the world are combining service, academics, faith and fun in honor of Catholic Schools Week, which runs through Sunday.

Erica Dennis has had a fantastic week. The River Valley Metro Mass Transit District is having one as well.

Erica Dennis has had a fantastic week. The region's mass transit system is having one as well.

The annual Bridal Expo is scheduled 11 a.m.-6 p.m. today at Northfield Square mall, 1600 N. State Rt.

Four local women walked into Provena St. Mary's Weekend Warrior Lamaze class last spring to learn about breathing techniques, labor and delivery.

Whether it's by nurturing children in her school or cultivating vegetables in her garden, Sister Nancy Gannon loves to help things grow.

When Ludwig van Beethoven composed his famous Symphony No. 9 he wrote it to be sung by a large choir.

Aggravated battery Ronald E. Gabo III, 22, of 245 S. Clinton Ave., Bradley, was arrested at 1:23 a.m. Tuesday by Bradley police for aggravated battery following an incident at The Spot bar in Bradley.

Jason Bertrand's rise in country music has come through playing show after show.