• For the moment, accused Sheldon killer Brian Garrett still mentally unfit to stand trial. • Former Herscher area residents Helen Nethercutt, her son Travis Richards and her daughter-in-law Christi will all be part of the 121st annual Rose Bowl festivities in Pasadena this New Year’s Day. This year, the back seat of their car will be occupied by grand marshal Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who engineered the “Miracle on the Hudson” emergency landing. • It seems most folks have made a resolution not to make any more New Year’s resolutions. The Daily Journal conducted an informal poll and found only about half of us are ready to talk about lifestyle changes for 2010.
Police said Monday night there are “no obvious” signs of foul play in the death of a Bourbonnais man found dead in a field by Super Kmart in Bradley.
Momence police converged on a house at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of Vermont Street and caught a 14-year-old boy and 15-year-old boy, both of Momence, and cleared six residential burglaries.
Matthew A. Fields is charged with damaging 30 mailboxes at Meadows subdivision on Peotone’s west side.
KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — Obama leaves golf abruptly for ’personal matter’; ambulance speeds to first family’s compound.
CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility for attempted bombing of US airliner.
• Haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet? You are not alone and this year, it may pay off in some substantial savings.
• There was a lot of talk but not much action taken at Wednesday’s meeting of Kankakee County’s Planning, Zoning and Agriculture Committee where Pembroke Township’s creation of a building department was a key item on the agenda.
• Are you ready for some basketball? School may be out for winter break, but several local high school boys’ basketball teams aren’t getting much of a rest, hopping back onto the court Saturday, just one day after Christmas. Kankakee High School, for example, will try to erase a four- game losing streak when it takes on Aurora Central Catholic at the Matt Laurich Memorial Christmas Classic.
• Those of us at The Daily Journal hope you and yours have a safe and Merry Christmas.
Ben Brown, 87, of Chicago, formerly of Kankakee, died Friday (Dec. 18, 2009) at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Department of Aviation says weather in the Midwest and around the country is causing delays at the city’s airports.
Department spokesman Gregg Cunningham said Wednesday morning that more than 100 flights were canceled at O’Hare International Airport and delays for inbound and outbound flights were about 30 minutes. At Midway International Airport, delays averaged 30 minutes and more than 20 flights were canceled.
A major winter storm is expected to blow east into the Plains states through Christmas Day.
Cheyrel K. Wamback, 51, of Manteno, died Friday (Dec. 18, 2009) at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee.
Andrew J. Atwood Jr., 71, of Watseka, died Tuesday (Dec. 22, 2009) at his daughter’s home in Kankakee.
Nazario “Charlie” Solis, 67, of Kankakee, died Saturday (Dec. 19, 2009).
