• A 37-year-old Kankakee man who was a registered sexual predator is now facing four federal counts of sexual exploitation of a child, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Champaign. Thomas Brian Fairclough, 37, of 746 S. Evergreen Ave., Kankakee, remains in federal custody after the FBI and Kankakee police arrested him Tuesday morning at his residence.

• Just two days after suffering a concussion playing soccer, Brittani McCorkle was told by a Manteno High School trainer to take it easy on the volleyball court. The trainer, however, didn’t say anything about taking it easy on the other team.

• A rare partnership will be renewed next week as hunters and their dogs get ready to hit the fields for the start of pheasant season.