Bradley News

Published in The Daily Journal Feb. 4, 2012 Old Country Buffet gift card holders, driving to Tinley Park is not your only option for redeeming any unused dollars.

Editor's note: On Fridays, The Daily Journal's Lee Provost will be writing about business rumors, comings and goings and other noteworthy interests regarding the local economy.

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

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 hearse carrying the remains of former Bradley Mayor Bob Martin passes under the flag draped from Bourbonnais Fire Protection District and Bradley Fire Department ladders at the entrance to Mound Grove Cemetery Tuesday morning.

Lanes in both directions of Illinois Route 50 will close for intervals of up to 15 minutes the next two nights, so construction crews can remove and replace the massive beams that carry Interstate 57 over the busy Bradley thoroughfare.

FIRST PHOTO: Clifton resident Amber Anderson looks over flowers with her future grandmother-in-law Ethelyn Granzow, also of Clifton, at the annual Bridal Expo at Northfield Square mall Sunday afternoon.

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

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.

A budding baseball career, ruined by a World War II injury, was unfortunate for Robert O. Martin, and maybe the Chicago Cubs.

It's amazing what the local communities and companies can accomplish when they work together.

Bourbonnais resident Linda Smith plays no official role in the planned redevelopment of the Meadowview Shopping Center in Kankakee.

Fans lined the track and shouted and cheered for the brightly colored race cars that flew toward the finish line Sunday.

Seven-year-old Tanner Tholen, of Kankakee, claimed the first-place trophy in the Tiger races at the annual Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby held at the Northfield Square mall in Bradley Sunday.

A heating and air conditioning unit atop the roof of Golden Gymnastics, 1105 Lesco Road in Kankakee, set off an impressive response from the Kankakee and Bradley fire departments Friday morning.

The Old Country Buffet located at 910 N. Kinzie Ave., Bradley, has closed. The Bradley location is one of 83 underperforming Buffets Inc.

Sometimes change begins with prayer. And today -- on the day the country honors the legacy of the Rev.

The growing disconnect between rich and poor is causing considerable strife these days, according to a recent national study.