Category Archives: MMP News Headlines

With the snow overnight, there was a rash of traffic crashes across the area this morning. While most were of the minor, fender-bender variety, a crash on Route 113 near 4-thousand West Road this morn...

Illinois driver services facilities reopen today. All Secretary of State offices are resuming in-person services. The facilities have been closed since January 3rd due to a surge of COVID-19 cases sta...

A missing person report out of Iroquois County Sunday has a happy ending. Newton County Sheriff's police say they got information from Iroquois County Sunday morning that an elderly man from the area ...

Kankakee Firefighters were called to a mobile home at 1945 South Schuyler Avenue, lot C1 Sunday evening. It's reported the home was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The trailer was ...

Illinois State Police report an accident Friday morning took the life of a 36-year-old Gardner man. According to reports, it was just before noon Friday that the car driven by Timothy Thomason of Gard...

Braidwood Police report the arrest of a 21-year-old Elgin man on sex abuse charges over the weekend. According to reports, while doing a business check early Saturday morning, Braidwood officers notic...

A new sculpture was unveiled today at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. Riverside's Matt McBernie says the sculpture is dedicated to the hospital's nursing staff. About 100 were on hand today for ...

Congressman Adam Kinzinger has taken a break from Washington D.C. happenings to become a daddy for the first time. Kinzinger, who represents Iroquois County and area's west of Kankakee County, Wednesd...

A Braidwood man being held at the Will County Jail on drug charges is requesting the court lower his 300,000 dollar bail amount. 53 year old Stanley Cochran Jr. was arrested late last month for posses...

A police chase that started with an armed robbery in Pontiac Wednesday ended with a car crash in Kankakee. In a press release, Pontiac Police say they were called to a gas station in Pontiac just befo...