Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

According to city police reports, officers were called to a gas station on the 500 block of South Indiana Avenue just after 5:30 this morning for an armed robbery. Officers learned the suspect may hav...

The latest map just released today by the US Drought Monitor puts about 96 percent of Kankakee County and all of Iroquois County in the "abnormally dry" category, with just four percent of Kankakee Co...

It looks to be hot around Kankakee County this weekend, but there's still plenty to do. With a look at a few of the events. here's Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

During this morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Executive Committee, Veterans Assistance Commission Superintendent Eric Peterson told the committee about an incident that happened at the ...

The Kankakee County Board's Finance Committee met today. During the meeting, County Treasurer Nick Africano, told the committee that tax collections are pretty much on par with last year at this time ...

The Kankakee Municipal Band Summer Concert Series continues tonight at the Palzer Band Shell at Bird Park. Bob Evans is conductor of the band The free concert starts at seven tonight and Evans says yo...

Today is Juneteenth, the newest of the Federal Holidays. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 and Theodis Pace, President of the local branch of the N-Double-A-C-P tells us the significance of ...

It's June 19th, also known as Juneteenth. It's a federal holiday that commemorates the June 19th, 1865 freeing of the last slaves held in Texas. Because of the holiday you'll find several offices will...

79th District State Representative Jackie Haas is among the Republican State Senators and Representatives that have joined a lawsuit challenging the passage of Senate Bill 328, saying the law's passag...

Local officials continue to ask for help to identify the body of a man found in the Kankakee River nearly a week ago. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner's office says the Hispanic man was about five ...