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Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

Chebanse man sentenced to 13 years in prison after firing a gun at a group of people
A Chebanse man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after he fired a gun at a group of people in the 400 block of south Lincoln Avenue in a 2019 drive-by shooting. His vehicle had stopped next to ...
MMP-RG Apr 26, 2022
Two Livingston County residents plead guilty to selling meth
Two of three people recently arrested in a Livingston County Drug investigation have pleaded guilty and been sentenced for selling methamphetamine. 23 year old Dyan Layne of Pontiac got two years' pro...
MMP-RG Apr 26, 2022
Wisconsin man sentenced to three years in prison after accident and aggravated battery
A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to three years in prison after he struck another vehicle with his, injuring the woman inside and also of grabbing the face and neck of a second woman in separate inc...
MMP-RG Apr 26, 2022
Road Closures
Another week and more road construction to tell you about. The Illinois Department of Transportation says work will start today to replace a bridge on Route 17 west of Kankakee. IDOT says the bridge i...
MMP-RG Apr 25, 2022
Watseka Area Chamber announces award winners
The Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce recently announced the winners of this year's Staff Achievement and Professional awards. Chamber Executive Director Amanda Hibbs There's more about the banquet and...
MMP-RG Apr 25, 2022
Boshears trial resumes today in Will County Court
The murder trial of 36 year old Jeremy Boshears took a break Friday in Will County Court. Thursday persecutors spent several hours detailing the relationship between the married Boshears and the victi...
MMP-RG Apr 25, 2022
A second Paxton Buckley Loda 8th grader expelled for racist video
A 2nd Paxton Buckley Loda 8th grader has been expelled after the two created and then posted on Snapchat a racist threatening video aimed at a fellow student from Paxton. Both boys are 14 years old. T...
MMP-RG Apr 25, 2022
Kankakee Unemployment numbers fall in March
Unemployment continued its fall in Kankakee County in March. The Illinois Department of Employment Security puts the number at 6 percent. That's down from last month's 6.5 percent and way off the 7.7 ...
MMP-RG Apr 22, 2022
Boshears defense requests a mistrial in Kearns murder trial
The murder trial for 36 year old Jeremy Boshears continued Wednesday in Will County Court. Boshears is charged in the shooting death of 24 year old Katie Kearns of Mokena. In testimony yesterday a vid...
MMP-RG Apr 22, 2022
Operation 420 nets 14 arrests
Police officers from multiple law enforcement agencies, including local, county, state and federal entities, participated in Operation 420 yesterday. The operation's objective was to apprehend fugitiv...
MMP-RG Apr 22, 2022