Category Archives: WCMY News
Fire departments put out fire at Westclox Building
An unattended fire behind the Westclox Building in Peru caused the building to catch fire. Fire Chief Jeff King says firefighters were called around 8:19pm and started to evacuate businesses that were...
Jul 17, 2023
Peru Police investigating bicycle versus car accidents
Two bicyclists were taken to different hospitals after they were hit by vehicles in Peru Friday afternoon. Peru Police Chief Sarah Raymond says the first accident happened at 1st and Pike Streets when...
Jul 17, 2023
St. Rep. Brad Fritts hosting school supply drive
St. Rep. Brad Fritts wants to help kids get ready for school. He's hosting a first annual school supply drive for students in need in his district. Fritts says without necessary supplies, it's incredi...
Jul 15, 2023 Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash
Economic Development Corporation of North Central Illinois hires new Director of Business Development
Laura Walker is the new Director of Business Development for the Economic Development Corporation of North Central Illinois. Walker has 14 years of strategic planning, focusing on project development ...
Jul 14, 2023
SRCCF appoints a new Community Outreach and Donor Engagement Manager
Grace McCormick is the new Community Outreach and Donor Engagement Manager for the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation. In this role, McCormick will organize special events, create social media ...
Jul 14, 2023 Grace McCormick.
Marseilles man charged with child porn possession
LaSalle County Prosecutors say a Marseilles man was caught with child pornography on his cell phone. LaSalle County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 19-year old Nicholas Rutherford at his home on Illinois ...
Jul 14, 2023
Lighted Way moves to a new home
Lighted Way in LaSalle is moving into a new home for the 2023-24 school year. The children's development center has been at its 941 6th St. location since 1963. It was a two-story house with a detache...
Jul 14, 2023 The old Lighted Way location.
Ottawa woman pleads not guilty in Eric Clements murder
An Ottawa woman is pleading not guilty to first-degree murder. 21-year old Chastity Furar is accused of driving her boyfriend Nicolaus Phillips to the home of 42-year old Eric Clements on Marcy St. on...
Jul 14, 2023 Chasity Furar appears before judge Cynthia Raccuglia during a hearing in the La Salle County Governmental Complex courtroom on Friday, July 14, 2023 in Ottawa. Furar and Nicolaus Phillips of Spring Valley are charged in the shooting death of Eric Clements of Ottawa. Clements was killed on June 5th after being shot in the chest allegedly by Phillips. Scott Anderson/Shaw Local News Network
WCMY remembers Maggie Frost after passing one year ago
It's been a year since the passing of WCMY mid-morning radio host Maggie Frost. She died after a three month battle with cancer. Frost worked for WCMY starting in 2016 in the afternoons before she mov...
Jul 14, 2023
New IVCC Pres. Tracy Morris presides over first Board of Trustees meeting
Illinois Valley Community College Pres. Tracy Morris presided over her first meeting of the IVCC Board of Trustees yesterday. Morris began her career in higher education in 2001 at the college as a co...
Jul 14, 2023