
Jack Klasey
Contributor at Kankakee Daily Journal
Articles
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2 months ago |
daily-journal.com | Jack Klasey
More than two decades ago, a popular show called “The Bachelor” debuted on television. Over the course of a TV season, it followed the efforts of an eligible young man (The Bachelor) to select a fiancée from among a group of attractive young single women. In the series’ final episode, the bachelor would propose marriage to the woman he chose.
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2 months ago |
shawlocal.com | Jack Klasey
When the Manteno fire whistle sounded in the late afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1951, volunteer firefighter Paul Maisonneuve was donating a pint of blood at the Red Cross blood bank. “As soon as their technician was through with him,” reported the Kankakee Daily Journal on Jan. 31, “he jumped up from the cot and rushed out to the fire. He remained fighting the blaze until the early hours this morning.”On fire was a two-story building in the heart of Manteno’s business district.
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2 months ago |
daily-journal.com | Jack Klasey
When the Manteno fire whistle sounded in the late afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1951, volunteer firefighter Paul Maisonneuve was donating a pint of blood at the Red Cross blood bank. “As soon as their technician was through with him,” reported the Kankakee Daily Journal on Jan. 31, “he jumped up from the cot and rushed out to the fire. He remained fighting the blaze until the early hours this morning.”On fire was a two-story building in the heart of Manteno’s business district.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
shawlocal.com | Jack Klasey
The year 1958 was one that 14 Kankakee boys would remember for the rest of their lives. It was the year that they came within one game of becoming the Little League World Champions. “Kankakee’s Little Leaguers, champions of the Great Midwest and a week hence champions of the world — they hope — were blared a gigantic welcome home Saturday night,” reported the Kankakee Daily Journal on Sunday, Aug. 17, 1958.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
daily-journal.com | Jack Klasey
The year 1958 was one that 14 Kankakee boys would remember for the rest of their lives. It was the year that they came within one game of becoming the Little League World Champions. “Kankakee’s Little Leaguers, champions of the Great Midwest and a week hence champions of the world — they hope — were blared a gigantic welcome home Saturday night,” reported the Kankakee Daily Journal on Sunday, Aug. 17, 1958.
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