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Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

Grundy County adds license reading cameras
Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley says his department has started to use automated license plate readers. In a press release, the sheriff's office says they have 10 mini cameras mounted on poles with s...
MMP-RG Apr 06, 2022
Will County Coroner identifies crash victim
We now know the name of the Coal City man killed when his pick-up was hit by a train in Wilmington township earlier this week. Will County Coroner Laurie Summers identifies the man as Dennis J. Sieber...
MMP-RG Apr 06, 2022
Mobile Rx Food Pantry scheduled for this afternoon
The next Amita Health/Northern Illinois Food Bank Rx Mobile Food Pantry is coming up today Tuesday, April 5th from 3 - 4:30pm at St. Rose Church, 486 West Merchant Street in Kankakee. For more details...
MMP-RG Apr 05, 2022
Timber Theft leads to arrest of 5 in Pulasky County
Five people were arrested Wednesday in Pulaski County, Indiana in connection with the recent theft of an unspecified amount of timber. All 5 were in a vehicle pulled over for a traffic violation where...
MMP-RG Apr 04, 2022
Kankakee drug arrest leads to arrest of 84 and 54 year old
Few details are yet available on a KMEG drug arrest yesterday afternoon in Kankakee. Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group Agents arrested two individuals as a result of a drug investigation. 5...
MMP-RG Apr 04, 2022
Pontiac police looking for a woman who stole a driver's license from a vehicle parked at Funeral home
Pontiac police are looking for a woman who stole a driver's license from a vehicle parked at a Pontiac Funeral home then went on to withdraw 8,600 dollars from the victim's bank account. Pontiac polic...
MMP-RG Apr 04, 2022
Kankakee County unemployment rate remains high
The unemployment rate in Kankakee County for February remained high. In fact the Kankakee area now has the 3rd highest jobless rate in the state at 6.5 percent, surpassed only by Decatur and Rockford....
MMP-RG Apr 04, 2022
Village of Gardner handing policing responsibilities over to the Grundy County Sheriff's office
The Village of Gardner is handing policing responsibilities over to the Grundy County Sheriff's office. At this week's village board meeting, the board approved an intergovernmental agreement with Gru...
MMP-RG Apr 01, 2022
106th Aviation Regiment in Kankakee and Decatur to test new Black Hawk helicopter
The 106th Aviation Regiment based in Decatur and Kankakee has been chosen to test the army's newest version of the black hawk helicopter. The unit is putting the new UH-60V through its paces and is th...
MMP-RG Apr 01, 2022
Jasper County crash leads to drug arrest
A single vehicle accident in Jasper County ended with a Michigan being arrested on drug charges Jasper County Sheriffs police say as deputy's were investigating the wreck last week, they noticed two j...
MMP-RG Apr 01, 2022