Cheryl Ann Breckenridge, 62, of Kankakee, died Tuesday (Aug. 25, 2009) at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital.
David Lloyd Artman, 45, of Monee, died Wednesday (Aug. 26, 2009) at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields.
• Battle lines have been drawn between Oak Dale Acres residents and an owner of Lake Kimberly Jo following a heated exchange Thursday during the Limestone Village Board meeting. The dispute has to do with a pond, which has been the place where area kids have fished and ice skated for decades.
• Construction debris the developer of a proposed 236-acre landfill in Otto Township accepted free of charge is weighing into an environmental lawsuit Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office is pursuing against him.
• In the Outdoors section: Dove season begins Tuesday at the Des Plaines State Fish & Wildlife Area, near Wilmington, Iroquois and Kankakee and at the Mazonia Fish & Wildlife Area north unit, west of Essex.
Arilla Hubert, 96, of Donovan, died Wednesday (Aug. 26, 2009) at Iroquois Resident Home in Watseka.
Vicki R. Deitcher, 62, of Watseka, died Monday (Aug. 24, 2009) at Country Side Nursing Home.
• Sam Byrd, accused thief who claims he was once a member of Kool & The Gang, goes before judge again to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial.
• Kankakee County resident Pollyanna White turned 106 years old on Aug. 23. One of 13 children who was born to sharecroppers in Alabama, Mrs. White reflects on her long life, what she’s experienced, and what it’s like to be (what is believed) the oldest person living in Kankakee County.
• Less than a year after his release from the U.S. prison system, Scott Fawell isn’t all that sorry.
Sure, he eventually pleaded guilty and testified against his now-imprisoned ex-boss, former GOP Gov. George Ryan. But Fawell — Ryan’s onetime chief of staff and campaign manager — says he turned against Ryan to save the love of his life.
Valera Emma Shelly, 81, of Reddick, died Aug. 20, 2009, at ManorCare Health Services.
Helen Gean “Gean” Bailey, 87, of Melbourne, Fla., and mother of Manteno residents, died Aug. 9, 2009, at William Childs Hospice House, Palm Bay, Fla.
Dale Egerton, 74, of Baton Rouge, La., formerly of Kankakee, and a native of Colchester, Ill., died Monday (Aug. 24, 2009) at his home.
Marsha Ann Clark, 52, formerly of Kankakee County, died Friday (Aug. 21, 2009) in Columbia, S.C.
