Category Archives: WCMY News
Heritage Harbor of Ottawa Launches "Spirit of the Harbor Fund" through SRCCF to Support Local Charities
Heritage Harbor of Ottawa homeowners demonstrated the philanthropic "Spirit of the Harbor" recently at a launch party for their Starved Rock Country Community Foundation (SRCCF) fund. A bell was rung ...
Sep 27, 2023 SRCCF and Heritage Harbor Ottawa representatives launched “The Spirit of the Harbor” fund recently at Quest Watersports in Ottawa. Pictured, from left, are SRCCF board members Shelly Carey and Tracy Bedeker, HHO Community Manager Jacob Valle, SRCCF board member Bob Eschbach and CEO Fran Brolley, HHO Director of Finance and Strategy and SRCCF board member Pierre Alexander, SRCCF co-founder Pamela Beckett and HHO CEO and founder Tom Heimsoth. (Photo by Esmeralda Avila)
Reminder: Illinois Hunters Can't Use Drones
By Kate Reynolds This year, hunters can get their equipment ready when Illinois' archery deer and turkey season kicks off on Sunday, Oct. 1. But, the Illinois Conservation Police (ICP) has a drone reg...
Sep 27, 2023 Photo credit: turkeyseason.orgg
Morris Hospital Adds Mako SmartRobotics™ for Joint Replacement Surgeries
September 27, 2023 -- Six months after unveiling its newly constructed state-of-the-art surgical suite, Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers has enhanced its surgical capabilities even further by ...
Sep 27, 2023 Orthopedic Surgeons Paul Perona, M.D. (from left), and Ahmed Eldib, M.D., are using Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery at Morris Hospital for total hip, total knee, and partial knee replacement surgeries. The addition of the new technology follows recent renovations to Morris Hospital’s surgical suite.
Elon Musk, Texas Senator, Set to Visit Texas Border Town
By Kate Reynolds Tech billionaire Elon Musk plans to visit the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, to see and confront the immigration border crisis. On his social media site, "X" (formerly Twitter), he...
Sep 27, 2023 Photo Credit: Dailymotion.com
WCMY News Report for 9/27/23
LaSalle County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 35-year-old Russell Farley of Harding Tuesday shortly before noon after an incident at Harding Grade School. Farley is being held in the LaSalle County Jail ...
Sep 27, 2023
OSF HealthCare in Streator Has Sweet Way to Support United Way
OSF HealthCare in Streator, 111 E. Spring St., has a sweet way to support the local Streatorland United Way. Wednesday, September 27, OSF is hosting a Nothing Bundt Cake- Cake-Bundtlet cash & carr...
Sep 26, 2023 Photo credit: 2Findlocal.com
Duckworth Announces $139 Million For Cleaner Water In Illinois -
Press Release - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will receive an additional $139,698 in grant funding to help get lead ...
Sep 26, 2023
1,373 Pound Pumpkin Headlines UK's County Fair
By Kate Reynolds Giant vegetables appeared in the United Kingdom (UK) this year. The vegetables were so monstrous it looked like a science fiction event. It wasn't very comforting to see how big veget...
Sep 26, 2023 Malvern Autumn Show at Three Counties Showground. Charley-Jon (CJ) Pearson,1 years old, from Mansfield posing by the winning giant pumpkin. September 2023 - via SWNS
40 Participate in IVCC's 2023 Agriculture Field Day Students Learn About Drones
The Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) annual Agriculture (AG) Field Day, held last Friday (9-22), attracted about 40 students who got a chance to field test what they learned in the classroom a...
Sep 26, 2023 IVCC agriculture major Alex Jagers pilots a drone during a demonstration at the annual Ag Field Day Friday. As drone technology grows popular for such purposes as fungicide application, job opportunities in the field are expanding, too.
WCMY full News Report for 9/26/23
United Way of Eastern La Salle County is kicking off its annual campaign which will run through November 6. The 2023 Campaign chair is Ottawa Police Chief Brent Roalson. He is joined by a co-chair, Ro...
Sep 26, 2023