🌱 How a Bradley-Bourbonnais grad became a Golden Apple-winning teacher
Bourbonnais, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning to you Bourbonnais! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Bradley-Bourbonnais grad became a Golden Apple-winning teacher
- Bourbonnais police help Kankakee officers arrest seven after shooting, crash
- Former Olivet Nazarene coach from Bourbonnais takes over Roosevelt softball
Also on today's calendar: Live Music at BrickStone.
Today's riddle: Why did the barn collapse? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Periods of rain and a t-storm, with a high of 68 and low of 62 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
- Sunday: Clouds breaking and humid, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Bourbonnais native receives Golden Apple Award (shawlocal.com) — A Bourbonnais native and Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School graduate, Matthew White, has been honored with a 2026 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Now an orchestra teacher in Naperville, he credits his Bourbonnais roots for shaping his path in music education and is preparing to use his Northwestern sabbatical to keep growing as an educator. 
• Kankakee police arrest seven following crash, shooting Monday (shawlocal.com) — Bourbonnais Police Department assisted Kankakee officers after a Monday evening shooting and crash that led to seven arrests and the recovery of an AR-style firearm. The incident, tied to recent gunfire upticks, left one person with non-life-threatening injuries and prompted Mayor Chris Curtis to call for a united community response to violence.
• Roosevelt names Lauren Herlihy head softball coach (gliac.org) — Bourbonnais gets a nod in college sports news as Roosevelt University’s new head softball coach, Lauren Herlihy, arrives after three successful seasons leading Olivet Nazarene University’s program in Bourbonnais. Her move to Chicago’s only NCAA Division II softball team highlights the strength of ONU’s recent softball run and its local coaching talent pipeline.
📸 Around Bourbonnais
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Movies in the Park →
Goselin Park, 394 William R Latham Senior Dr, Bourbonnais
8:30 pm
Friday June 26
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Other local events
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Live Music at BrickStone →
Brickstone Brewery, 557 William R Latham Senior Dr, Bourbonnais
8:00 pm -
Food Truck Fridays →
Perry Farm Park, 459 Kennedy Dr, Bourbonnais
11:00 am
Saturday June 27
Friday July 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire →
Exploration Station, 1095 Perry St, Bourbonnais
5:00 pm -
Settles Center - Fr. Roy Farewell Set up
St. John Paul II Catholic Parish Settles Center
8:00 am -
Chess League
Kankakee Public Library 3rd Floor Meeting Room
9:00 am -
Maker Patch Club →
Kankakee Public Library Teen Zone
11:00 am -
Baptism-(Spanish) Godinez, Zamora, Gaytan,Zavala,Totomoch
St. John Paul II Catholic Parish JP2 Church
11:00 am -
Defensive Shotgun 2 (afternoon session) →
Illinois State Rifle Association, 1589 N 7000 Rd W, Bonfield
1:00 pm -
Wedding Mass - Williams & Miller
St. John Paul II Catholic Parish St John Paul II Parish - West, 907 S 9th St, Kankakee, IL 60901
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Live Music at The Lush Vine →
The Lush Vine, 150 N Schuyler Ave Ste 101, Kankakee
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Settles Center - Fr. Roy Farewell
St. John Paul II Catholic Parish Settles Center
8:00 am
Friday June 26
Saturday June 27
Sunday June 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Someone took our 2 lawn chairs out of our front yard sometime in the last couple of hours.
On Windsor Court. Hubby moved them to edge of yard to mow. They were not put out as garbage. Please return them. Someone took our 2 lawn chairs out… (Nextdoor Briarcliff)
- Olive Garden Italian Kitchen posted a job opening for Bartender in Bourbonnais. Apply here.
- Target posted a job opening for 6am Inbound (Stocking) (T0895) in Bourbonnais. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bourbonnais here.
🗞 Nearby News
Bradley
- Bradley targeted for major mall redevelopment (shawlocal.com)
- No FEMA assistance coming to Kankakee County for tornado damage (shawlocal.com)
Manteno
- Gotion Illinois welcomes veterans to Job Fair in Manteno (southwestregionalpublishing.com)
- 2026 Daily Journal Girls Soccer All-Area Team (shawlocal.com)
Kankakee
- Are homes selling in Kankakee in 2026? (hometownregister.com)
- Is Illinois The New Tornado Alley? State Shatters All-Time Twister Record (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It was un-stable. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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