Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

A Paxton man was killed today in a single vehicle accident on I-57 in Thomasboro. According to Illinois state police, about 1 :45 this morning 34 year old Kyle T. Messer was southbound on 57 when his ...

A Pontiac man has been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for selling cocaine on two occasions. The second time while still awaiting trial on the first arrest. 49 year old Marcus McGath was se...

A Dwight woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing an unspecified amount of jewelry from a business on Rt 6 in Morris last Wednesday. 41 year old Jessica Cole of Dwight was stopped by employees a...

A Fair Oaks, Indiana man was arrested over the weekend on multiple charges including strangulation after Jasper County Sheriff's police were called to a home Saturday for a domestic incident involving...

In Federal Court in Urbana Tuesday, a Manteno man was sentenced to 8 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to the attempted enticement of a minor. Prosecutors say in February of 2020, 42 y...

An Ambia, Indiana man has reportedly confessed to cutting up the body of his girlfriend and stuffing the remains into garbage cans. 60 year old Edward Bagwell says he was smoking meth with Rita Spigne...

ABC 7 in Chicago reports a Chebanse man is one of three men arrested in connection with the shooting of a police officer on Saturday night in the Beverly Neighborhood. It happened at a bar where the t...

The 4th of July Gibson City fire that destroyed a downtown bar, damaged three other businesses and left several second floor residents out of their homes, is still a mystery. As of Tuesday the State F...

Two Found Dead in Bourbonnais Home This Morning Two people have died in what Bourbonnais police say appears to be the result of a domestic incident this morning. Dead are 48 year old Larry Menz jr and...

It's good news for employees at the Armstrong Flooring plant in Kankakee on Rt. 50, the plant will remain open. The company that filed for bankruptcy in May under some 300 million dollars of debt anno...