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Listen: Kankakee County’s 5 most-read stories this week, Jan. 11-17

Kankakee Daily Journal 18 Jan 2026
Catch up on the news Kankakee County readers couldn’t stop talking about ... 11-17 and includes the biggest headlines and local favorites from across Kankakee County ... .
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Kankakee gains $990K OSLAD grant for West Riverwalk

Kankakee Daily Journal 18 Jan 2026
Kankakee Mayor Chris Curtis said the just-announced OSLAD grant will allow Kankakee to continue the development and beautification of one of the most valuable assets in Kankakee County, meaning the Kankakee River.
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Bishop McNamara’s Coen Demack, Kankakee’s Lincoln Williams dazzle in wins: Saturday’s Daily Journal roundup

Kankakee Daily Journal 18 Jan 2026
Boys basketball. Regular season. Bishop McNamara 68, Wheaton Academy 61 ... Kankakee 70, Champaign Centennial 57. On the road, the Kays (15-1) got 27 points, 12 rebounds, three steals, three assists and three blocks from Lincoln Williams ... St ... At St ... .
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Photos: Grant Park vs. Momence, boys basketball

Kankakee Daily Journal 18 Jan 2026
Dixon, Oregon, Sterling boys bowlers advance in postseason. .
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Birth announcements: Kankakee County - Jan. 17, 2026

Kankakee Daily Journal 17 Jan 2026
Damontay Liddell and Dana Adams, Kankakee, boy, Zyren Eugene, Jan ... Derek Heffernan and Brooke Zitnik, Kankakee, ...
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Momence downs Grant Park 50-31 for third win in last four games

Kankakee Daily Journal 17 Jan 2026
Momence was active and effective on defense in the first half of Friday’s 50-31 River Valley Conference win against Grant Park, holding the host Dragons to just six points in the first two quarters ... “I think we just upped our energy,” he said.
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Stillwell scores 26, plays big in Streator win against Herscher

Kankakee Daily Journal 17 Jan 2026
Coming into Friday’s game against Herscher without senior standout center Joe Hoekstra due to illness, Streator coach Beau Doty told Brennen Stillwell not to get in foul trouble. He’d be needed for every minute ... “That’s what a captain does.”.
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Community responds to ICE

Kankakee Daily Journal 17 Jan 2026
... first of its kind in Kankakee County ... Last Sunday, two activist groups, Indivisible Kankakee and Connect Kankakee, came together to hold a vigil for Renee Nicole Good, 37, who was shot and killed Jan.
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Kankakee County State’s Attorney files charges against 2 more people in Bradley bar incident

Kankakee Daily Journal 16 Jan 2026
On Friday, Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe said Georgia Keagle and Ronald Keagle will be charged in the battering of a Black woman, who was physically removed from the bar ... Kankakee County ...
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Kankakee Community College graduate honored with DAISY Award for compassionate patient care

Kankakee Daily Journal 16 Jan 2026
Temo Guerrero, a 2025 graduate of the registered nursing program at Kankakee Community College, has been awarded the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students ... Guerrero, a Kankakee resident, was ...
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Which Kankakee County’s residential properties had the best prices the week of Jan. 5?

Kankakee Daily Journal 16 Jan 2026
A single-family home in Manhattan that sold for $324,000 tops the list of the best real estate deals in Kankakee County in the past week. For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in Kankakee County in the past week was $207,632.
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Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office adds felony charges in Bradley bar incident

Kankakee Daily Journal 16 Jan 2026
Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe took to social media to update the public on the Dec ... The Wednesday post came in response to accusations his office was not vigorously prosecuting a Kankakee man, accused of battering a Black woman ... 5. On Jan ... .
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Watseka/Milford, Cissna Park, Iroquois West girls all pick up wins: Thursday’s Daily Journal roundup

Kankakee Daily Journal 16 Jan 2026
Girls basketball. Watseka/Milford 60, Southland College Prep 32. The Warriors (16-2) extended their winning streak to six games with Thursday’s home win ... Cissna Park 55, Hoopeston 12 ... Iroquois West 44, Armstrong 39 ... Anne 13 ... Bloom 70, Kankakee 23 ... .
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Maddie Gesky breaks Manteno’s career scoring record in Panthers’ runaway win over Herscher

Kankakee Daily Journal 16 Jan 2026
And there you have it ... “It’s kind of surreal,” Gesky said ... The Panthers are currently tied for 10th in the IHSA Class 2A AP Poll and Cissna Park is eighth in Class 1A, setting the stage for a primetime matchup of premier Kankakee area squads.
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Photos: Manteno vs. Herscher, girls basketball

Kankakee Daily Journal 16 Jan 2026
Logan Junior High recognizes citizenship award winners. .

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