Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

A traffic stop Wednesday night netted Kankakee City Police a gun arrest. According to reports, it was just after 8:30 last night when officers stopped a car in the area of Merchant and Elm for a traff...

The Kankakee Winter Market returns to the Majestic in Downtown Kankakee tomorrow from 8 to Noon. Off-Site Market Coordinator Angelina Gear says the market has expanded this time around.

The jury trial for Xandria Harris accused in the 2021 murder of Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic and wounding of Officer Tyler Bailey is set to begin Monday morning in Kankakee County Court. ...

City of Kankakee officials have determined the cause and source of the foamy soap that bubbled up from sewer manholes and spilled onto Kennedy Drive near Court Street last month. Mayor Chris Curtis ha...

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory that is in effect for us until four this afternoon. The weather service says we can expect 25 to 35 mile an hour winds, gusting up to 45 miles a...

The final figure in the Michael Madigan corruption saga was sentenced Thursday. Capitol News Illinois says Fidel Marquez, whose role as an FBI mole furthered the feds' investigation into then-Illinois...

Kankakee City Council passed a resolution to approve a grocery store feasibility study for the city's east and north sides at Tuesday night's meeting. Mayor Chris Curtis says the east side of the city...

Kankakee City Police have made an arrest in connection to Monday night's armed robbery of a business in the 1400 Block of East Court Street. According to a press release, 38-year-old Terral Thomas of ...

A former Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley teacher is pleading guilty to sexually abusing a student. Robert Dinkins was sentenced to four-years in prison after entering a guilty plea to aggravated criminal se...

During Wednesday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Executive Committee, Veteran's Assistance Commission Superintendent Eric Peterson relayed the story of a local veteran who was staying...