Kankakee County News

Joyce Farms Recycling Inc. is petitioning local and state officials for approval to nearly double its composting site, from 13 to 22 acres.

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.

Local community activist and syndicated radio host Michael Taylor, of Kankakee, is making the move to TLN-TV, Comcast channel 71, starting at 3 p.m. today.

CREWS FROM PT Ferro have a substantial start on the reconstruction of DeSelm Road.

Battery * Duane C. Weeks, 37, of 196 Greenview Ave., Kankakee, was arrested at 9:56 p.m. Saturday by Kankakee police for battery following a pair of separate, but related, incidents in the 500 block of South Greenwood Avenue and the 300 block of West Chestnut Street.

Tony DiTola knew someone was hurt, but didn't realize the little boy rescued from a ravine over the weekend was his son until the boy was loaded onto a stretcher and taken to a waiting ambulance.

Editor's note: The following is a roundup of area Memorial Day events. If you have an event that's not listed here and would like to publicized it in The Daily Journal, send the information to us by 5 p.m. Thursday.

Published in the May 12 edition One definition of fear is: "a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid." Kankakee County, we are not there yet.

The rhubarb pies were safe to eat, but there they sat -- 70 perfectly delicious pies, each one avoided like it was the dessert in Stephen King's horror novel "Thinner." Two hundred pies were baked at a licensed kitchen for the Kankakee County Museum's 22nd annual Rhubarb Festival.

Aiden DiTola, 9, of the Lockport area, died Sunday after he fell down a ravine on Saturday during a Cub Scout camping weekend at Perry Farm in Bradley, according to Kankakee County sheriff's police.

Fact: American flags do not automatically pop up out of the ground on Memorial Day.

Habitat for Humanity of Kankakee County seeks to work with those who would not be able to qualify for a conventional mortgage and would have no other way to be able to own a home of their own.

Aggravated battery Michael R. Brooks, 18, of 101 Bramble St., Manteno, was arrested at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday by Kankakee County sheriff's police for aggravated battery following an incident at Indian Oaks Academy in which he reportedly grabbed an employee.

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.

BOGEART Bette A. Bogeart, 82, of LaPlata, Mo., formerly of Blackstone, died Saturday, May 12, at Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Mo.

Justin Honeycutt, a patrolman for the Bourbonnais Police Department who died while on his way to work in November, was honored Wednesday morning outside the Kankakee County Courthouse with the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony.

The area's two largest chambers of commerce have combined to form the newly minted United Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce -- though details remain thin and just why the new chamber chose to drop the accreditation of the larger Kankakee Regional Chamber of Commerce remains unclear.

Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group officers executed a search warrant Tuesday night and seized more than 200 suspected cannabis plants and arrested two Sun River Terrace men.

DUI Chris Tholen, 34, 4020 River Road, Kankakee, was arrested May 5 near River Road and 1500E Road for DUI.

Pause For Patriotism WHEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Perry Farm Park, 459 N. Kennedy Drive, Bourbonnais COST: Free DETAILS: Pause for Patriotism, which falls on Armed Forces Day, honors those who have served or are serving in the military.