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On opening night of the 2026 IHSA football season, Seneca suffered a close road loss at Chicago Christian, while Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland's game in Biggsville was halted at halftime.
Behind three touchdowns from senior quarterback Jagger Kemp, and sophomore wide receiver Xavion Jones scoring on his first varsity touch, the Dixon Dukes opened the season with a 27-6 win at Genoa-Kingston.
Oswego junior running back Ammar Banire racked up 276 all-purpose yards and scored five total touchdowns, the driving force in Oswego's 44-22 win over Neuqua Valley.
Fenwick opened the 2026 season with a 28-13 win over Joliet Catholic at Memorial Stadium, overcoming a slow start offensively and scoring 21 unanswered points in the second half.
Aiden Brunner took full advantage of his first varsity start. The junior running back/linebacker scored all of Jacobs' points in the Golden Eagles' 20-7 win over Cary-Grove in the Fox Valley Conference teams' season opener Friday night in Cary.
Quarterback Marion Persich ran for 176 yards and three TDs and threw for 111 yards and two scores in Morris' 56-16 win over Lemont.
Here's a rundown of scores and more from Week 1 of the IHSA football season across the greater Will and Grundy county area.
Prairie Ridge faces Crystal Lake South in a Fox Valley Conference football game on Friday, August 21, 2026, at Crystal Lake South High School.
Richmond-Burton, Woodstock North, Woodstock and Marian Central all won their season openers in convincing fashion.
Northwestern commit Brady Johnson made a spectacular touchdown catch and made a 36-yard grab to set up one of two Amari Harris TDs, and Johnson and the Glenbard West defense turned away two Lockport possessions in the fourth quarter for a 21-14 road win.
The April 6, 2027, Consolidated Election will include three village trustee positions, each for a four-year term of office.
Here is the list of couples who applied for La Salle County marriage licenses from Aug. 1 through Aug. 14, 2026.
Southern gospel singer Chuck Crain will perform a concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31 at First United Methodist Church in Ottawa.
Kankakee head coach Ed Hazelett will not be with the team for its season opener in Edwardsville on Friday night due to what interim athletic director Chris Pickett described as a personal issue.
A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 3 p.m. Friday for parts of DeKalb, McHenry and Boone counties.
Here are team-by-team previews of the Daily Journal area's Illinois Central Eight Conference football teams from the 2026 Daily Journal football preview tab.
An officer approached a Joliet man who was "driving in a circle" around a picketer at the Teamsters strike outside an IKEA facility, prosecutors said.
The Trump and Truth Store in Crystal Lake is closing again, the owner announced on Facebook, saying, "Libs win!!!"
Beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, westbound I-88 is scheduled to be reduced to a single lane for bridge deck, joint work, and concrete repairs on the I-88 bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad. The Atkinson Road Bridge is scheduled to close for repair work that same day.
A recently built single-family residence in Yorkville was sold on Aug. 7, for $460,000.
Tortoises took center stage Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, during a Tortoise Race at Vintage Vines in downtown Spring Valley. The fun-filled event brought together locals and visitors to cheer on the slow-and-steady competitors while raising money for the Hall Township Food Pantry and Project Success of Eastern Bureau County.
School leaders, educators, and FFA students gathered Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at La Salle-Peru Township High School for an open house of the Eureka Savings Bank Agriculture Center and highlight the opportunities it is creating for agriculture students. Portions of the new facility were open for community members to tour, while a formal grand opening event is planned for later this fall.
Newman's Jacob Thormeyer and Forreseton's Daylen Rahn earned co-medalist honors as the Comets earned a dual golf win. Lucas Porter shot a 35 for Rock Falls, Sauk Valley volleyball opened the season with a win and more in Thursday's sports roundup.
Four Kankakee area boys golf teams competed in an early-season meet, where Iroquois West had the best performance among area teams despite Hoopeston taking the win, in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.
Despite taking an injury-shortened loss to Christian Life in its first-ever game as a program, Hope Christian is looking forward to continuing to build up the state's newest eight-man football team.
Peotone started the 2026 IHSA football season in ideal fashion Thursday, traveling north to take on Blue Island Eisenhower program and returning home with a 28-6 victory.
Yorkville girls tennis won its season opener with Kaneland, Finley Taxis earned medalist honors to lead Sandwich golf to a win and Oswego Co-Op's Alli Wiertel shot a 32 in a dual at Whitetail Ridge in Thursday's roundup.
Tyler Milnamow shot a 35 to lead Glenbard South boys golf to a dual meet win over Glenbard East.
The Sandwich boys golf team captured its Kishwaukee River Conference opener on Thursday, while Carter Senko stayed hot in helping lead Fieldcrest to victory. Plus more results from around the Times area.
The La Salle-Peru boys and girls golf teams earned wins, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.
