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T and A Bucking Bulls partnered with Rugged Cross Cattle Company to hold the inaugural Starved Rock Rodeo on Saturday, June 22, 2025 at the LaSalle Speedway & Event Center in La Salle. The event featured bull riding, barrel racing, mutton busting food vendors, apparel, rodeo attire, and much more. Riders from Northern Illinois and throughout the Midwest competed in the rodeo.
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The annual Relay for Life of Kankakee County celebrated 30 years of cancer advocacy as the annual event returned Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the new community campus in Bourbonnais, The Grove.
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Bike lanes and pedestrian crossings join the freshly-painted lines on Hobbie Avenue in Kankakee as seen on Monday. The long-awaited reopening of the road, which has been closed since Oct. 2023 for a $10 million rebuild, will occur following the 10 a.m. Juneteenth Parade on Saturday, June 21, 2025. For the full story, see tomorrow's Daily Journal.
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Kankakee native and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Ward returned home for his sixth annual football camp at Kankakee High School Saturday, June 14, 2025, one that included 7-on-7 flag football action for the first time.
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Approximately 500 people flooded the sidewalks of the Kankakee County Courthouse for a ‘No Kings’ rally in Kankakee on Saturday, June 14, 2025, to protest actions by President Donald Trump. For the story, see Monday's edition of the Daily Journal.
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Some of the best late model and modified racers from around the country flocked to Kankakee for the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Kankakee County Speedway Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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Take a look at some of the highlights of the area's prep sports postseason this spring, as seen through the lenses of Mason Schweizer and Tiffany Blanchette. Photos can be purchased at https://heraldnews.smugmug.com.
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For the 10th time in school history and first time in 20 years, the Lockport softball team is headed back to state after defeating Bradley-Bourbonnais 2-0 in the Class 4A Illinois Wesleyan Supersectional Monday, June 9, 2025.
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The Beecher softball team earned its fifth state championship in a game for the ages, a 5-2 10-inning win over Carterville in the Class 2A championship game Saturday, June 7, 2025 at the Louisville Slugger Complex in Peoria.
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