Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

A traffic stop Wednesday netted Kankakee City Police a gun arrest. According to reports, it was just before 4:30 Wednesday afternoon when an officer spotted a gray SUV traveling eastbound on East Will...

Kankakee City Police are looking into an accident that happened this morning near the Economy Inn on the city's south side. According to reports, a car left the roadway, went into a field and rolled. ...

Gas prices across the state continue their upward climb, but they do seem to be slowing down a bit. The average cost for a gallon of regular no-lead gas in the state today is four-dollars 57 cents. Th...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pleading not guilty to federal racketeering and bribery charges. The Chicago Democrat entered the not guilty plea during a telephone court hearing yest...

A man who was holding a gun against his head and threatening to kill himself was talked out of it Tuesday night during a two and a half hours of negotiation with Cedar Lake Police. Police were called ...

There is sad news from Jasper County. The Jasper County Sheriff's Department says former longtime Sheriff James K. Wallace has passed away. Wallace led the department from January of 1995 until his re...

A Dwight man who pled guilty to having 26 baggies of heroin in his possession when arrested by Livingston County Sheriffs Police in April of 2020, failed to appear in court last Thursday for his sente...

Republican State Senator Sue Rezin is co-sponsoring a bill to reign in current Governor Jb Pritzker and future state leaders when an emergency like the covid 19 pandemic is declared. Rezin says the bi...

A Kankakee woman is going to prison for theft of social security benefits. Sharrie McInnis was sentenced in federal court this week to 14 months behind bars. Prosecutors say McInnis had been claiming ...

A stretch of I-55 running through Will County, from Weber Road to I-80, will be subject to overnight lane closures starting Thursday. Major travel delays are expected on the 13.6-mile stretch of road ...