• Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 voted Tuesday to put a property tax increase referendum on the ballot this fall.
• Beecher is facing a 15 percent loss of revenues as officials reel from the double hit of Beatty Lumber’s closing and a sharp cut in state income tax revenues.
• About 75 people attended the Camelot School grand opening.
• The cutting of those trees on private property in Limestone Township was all a mistake.
• Kids in the Kitchen takes us to the home of Liz Manning, 12, who would like to start a bakery someday.
• Zach Ganger has been playing water polo long enough to spot a team that plays well together. The Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School senior’s ears tell him his Boilermakers could be on to something special in 2010.
Darren Ray Morrison, 39, of Peotone, died Monday (Jan. 4, 2010) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee.
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd says he won’t seek re-election to the U.S. Senate. Read more at www.daily-journal.com.
According to broadcast reports, a plane, possibly a Learjet, has gone down in a forest preserve south of the Chicago Executive Airport (former Palwaukee airport).
The University of Illinois says its faculty and staff will be forced to take four unpaid furlough days as part of a plan to trim $82 million from the university’s operating budget.
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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.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department is ordering airlines to let passengers stuck in stranded airplanes to deplane after three hours.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday announced the three-hour limit and other new passenger protections long sought by consumer advocates. From January to June this year, 613 planes were delayed on tarmacs for more than three hours, their passengers kept on board.
Under the new rule, airlines must provide food and water for passengers within two hours of a plane being delayed on a tarmac and maintain operable lavatories. They must also provide medical attention when necessary.
The new rule is effective in 120 days.
Herbert Mittelstadt, 83, of Kankakee, passed away Friday (Dec. 11, 2009) at Riverside Medical Center.
Trevor Wetzell — Manteno
Trevor J.G. Wetzell, 4 months, of Manteno, died Wednesday (Nov. 25, 2009) at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Monday until the noon services at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Manteno. Burial will be in Bloom Cemetery, Manteno.
Mary Marcotte — Bourbonnais
Visitation for Mary C. Marcotte, 91, of Bourbonnais, will be from 10 a.m. Monday until the 11 a.m. funeral Mass at Maternity BVM Catholic Church in Bourbonnais.
Diane Richards — Thawville
Diane Richards, 68, of Thawville, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 2009) at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Monday until the 5 p.m. funeral service at the Knapp Funeral Home, Onarga. Memorials may be made to Shriner’s Hospital for Children. Please sign her guestbook at knappfuneralhomes.com.
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