WASHINGTON (AP) — New filings for jobless benefits drop, while continued claims climb to most since 1982.
William N. Owens, 86, of St. Anne, died Tuesday (Dec. 30, 2008) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee.
Verona L. Thomas, 83, of Gibson City, and mother of a Bradley resident, passed away Dec. 25, 2008, at 12:43 a.m. at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Laura “Dude” Lorraine Henricks Balske, 52, of Killeen, Texas, formerly of Loda, died Monday (Dec. 29, 2008) due to complications from heart surgery.
Donald D. Benjamin, 76, of Bradley, died Tuesday (Dec. 30, 2008) at his home. Visitation will be from 5 p.m . to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Bradley Chapel of the Schreffler Funeral Homes, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday.
• With two juveniles being held in jail in connection with a local murder, The Daily Journal looks into the possibility of how a juvenile could be charged as an adult for the crime.
• Kanakee High School’s football coach is The Daily Journal’s Young Person of the Year. Read why.
• Does the sledding hill in Bradley, along the Kankakee River, need a snow fence at the bottom? After a child slid into the river recently, an area firefighter is urging the village to act.
Visitation for Theresa C. Devereaux, 84, of Bourbonnais, was from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Bourbonnais Chapel of the Schreffler Funeral Homes.
Visitation for Paula Tomblin, 61, of Kankakee, will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Kankakee Chapel of the Schreffler Funeral Homes, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday.
Visitation for Theresa C. Devereaux, 84, of Bourbonnais, will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Bourbonnais Chapel of the Schreffler Funeral Homes.
Visitation for Ronnie D. “Hillbilly” Miller, 53, of Chebanse, will be from 2 p.m. Wednesday until the 5 p.m. services at the Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home, west Kankakee.
