Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

With winter weather just around the corner, it's time to get your car ready for what we have in store. Larry Notkey, owner of Joes Automotive in Kankakee says there are a few things you need to be thi...

Time to find out what's going on overhead this week. With our Notable Night Sky news, here's Madelyn Shepley, Astronomy professor and director of the Strickler Planetarium at Olivet Nazarene Universit...

A man convicted of murdering and dismembering the body of his stepmother back in the 1990's has been arrested for domestic battery while on parole. 63 year old Jeffrey Knight of Bradley was arrested W...

The Momence Police Department is reporting a Threat to Je-Neir Elementary School earlier this week. So far neither the school nor police are providing any details on the nature of the threat, but they...

Since it's the middle of November, we could have bad weather anytime. The State Department of Transportation has started their "Winter Weather - Get it Together" campaign. Paul Wappel is the Public In...

The Illinois State Police have announced they'll conduct Special Traffic Enforcement or STEP patrols tonight in Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties. Troopers say the special patrols allow them to foc...

There's another show this weekend at Olivet's Strickler Planetarium. Madeline Shepley is the planetarium director There are show times tonight and tomorrow night at 6 and 7:30 with a matinee tomorrow ...

Time to move into another weekend and as always, Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County says there's plenty to do around the area this weekend

Kankakee City Police are looking into a burglary to a home in the 300 bock of North Ninth Avenue Wednesday. According to reports, officers were called to the home just after one yesterday afternoon wh...

Recent rains have gone a long way to lessen drought concerns across the region. The map just released Thursday by the US Drought Monitor, shows pretty much the entire listening area in the "moderate d...