and 5 attended Reddick Grade School. In 2014, Herscher Community School District decided they no longer needed the school and sold it to the Reddick Fire Department. All children in the Reddick area now attend Bonfield, Limestone, or Herscher schools in the #2 school district. Prior to 1988, children attended the Reddick School District, known better as "RUCE", an acronym that consisted of the villages that were part of the school district (Reddick, Union Hill, Campus, and Essex). The Reddick High School Bulldogs, whose colors were orange and black, were known for their excellence in American football. In the 1980s, Highway 17, which led traffic through Reddick, was rerouted to bypass the village. The railroad tracks were removed and made into a bike trail in the early 1990s. References Villages in Kankakee County, Illinois Villages in Livingston County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 1880 1880 establishments in Illinois