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WCMY New Obituaries

Norma Brenbarger, 86, of Ottawa
Norma Brenbarger, 86, of Ottawa, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 23, 2025 at St. Francis Church in Ottawa with Msgr. Mark Merdian. Burial will follow at St. Columba Cemetery in Ottawa. Visitation will be from 4 to 7...
May 16, 2025

Angel Denton, 51, of Ottawa
Angel Denton, 51, of Ottawa, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at her home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa with Rev. Satya Sudhakar, Pastor of Epworth United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation wil...
May 16, 2025
National News

Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial day 9: Ventura spars with defense lawyers during final day of testimony
7h ago

Woman found alive after being missing 3 weeks in California mountains speaks out
7h ago

'The entire shoulder seems to have collapsed': New videos show initial response to sinkhole on I-80 in New Jersey
7h ago

At least 23 dead as storms batter states from the Heartland to the East Coast
7h ago

Families separated by Trump's 'zero-tolerance' policy at risk due to lapse in legal services, ACLU argues
7h ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial day 9: Ventura spars with defense lawyers during final day of testimony
7h ago
Business News
Consumer sentiment worsens despite Trump's rollback of tariffs, survey says
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Consumer attitudes soured in May for the fourth consecutive month, even as President Donald Trump dialed back some tariffs. The reading came in below the level economists expected.Shopper sentiment no...
May 16, 2025
Inflation is dropping but these prices are still soaring
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation cooled in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" levies last month, dropping to a four-year low and defying fears of tariff-driven price hikes, government data this week showed.Even ...
May 15, 2025
Winners of Trump's meme coin contest potentially include foreign investors
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The race to win tickets to an exclusive crypto dinner gala with President Donald Trump at his private golf club in Virginia on May 22 ended with top 220 holders of the Trump meme coin winni...
May 13, 2025
Inflation data to reveal impacts of Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs
Yevgen Romanenko via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- This week's inflation report will offer a first look at how President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement has impacted pricing across the United States.Trump's tariff escalation, announce...
May 13, 2025