Herscher News

The late Richard Peters was scheduled to be honored at his funeral this morning by his fellow firefighters from the Pilot Township Fire Protection District.

Rain always seems to be in the forecast in recent weeks. It just never seems to land on the grass, in your yard or on the corn in your field.

Herscher firefighter and EMT Richard Peters was killed in a motorcycle crash Friday, three days shy of his 49th birthday.

He carries file folders and record books filled with names and hand-drawn maps. His shirt pocket is stuffed with clippings of newspaper obituaries.

The Manteno soccer team is back in business and headed back to Naperville for the Class 1A state finals on Friday.

The Bourbonnais Township Park District has agreed to the $2.4-million purchase of 15.4-acre site that includes Hidden Cove and the neighboring Sportsplex facility owned by Bradley-Bourbonnais businessmen Blair Minton and Greg Yates.

More than 300 students and staff members from Herscher High School participated in the Health and Fitness 5K Run and Walk at Herscher High School Wednesday morning.

A book of Starved Rock picture postcards received an award from the Illinois State Historical Society.

Ruth Schneider, the former superintendent of Herscher Community Unit School District 2, was fired from her superintendent job at Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 Tuesday.

Valarie White and her 9-month-old bloodhound Otis found a new place to play Saturday in Kankakee, the new River Road Dog Park southeast of Kankakee Community College.