Category Archives: WCMY News
LaHood and Bennett open joint constituent office in Morris
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood and State Senator Tom Bennett opened a new district office in Morris to provide residents of east-central Illinois with more constituent services. According to Bennett, the offi...
Jul 01, 2023 Lahood (left) and Bennett (right) stand in front of their new joint constituent office in Morris.
Former IVCC President honored with a bench at Ottawa campus
IVCC honored recently retired IVCC President Dr. Jerry Corcoran with a bench in front of the IVCC Ottawa Center. During Corcoran's tenure as president, he facilitated the creation of the Ottawa satell...
Jul 01, 2023 Illinois Valley Community College President Dr. Jerry Corcoran cuts the ribbon to the bench donated in his honor as his wife Katherine looks on. The ribbon held by his granddaughter’s Katie and Emma was the original 2010 ribbon used to open the IVCC Ottawa Center.
Streator man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 17-year old girl
A Streator man pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting a 17-year old girl. 38-year old Jesse Riebe was sentenced to 4 years in prison. LaSalle County Prosecutors say his wife confronted him aft...
Jul 01, 2023
I&M Canal 175th celebration continues with Lincoln talk on canal boat tours
I&M Canal Corridor Association Pres. Ana Koval says a special guest speaker will talk to people riding on two of the Canal Boat Tours Saturday. Koval says Abraham Lincoln will talk about the importanc...
Jun 30, 2023 Abraham Lincoln, portrayed by Kevin J. Wood, in Ottawa's Washington Park April 10, 2023
Woman side-swiped by vehicle taken to Peoria hospital
A woman walking northeast of Utica was swiped by a car last night. Utica Firefighters were called to U.S. 6 and E. 10th Rd. to help the woman. Fire Chief Ben Brown says the woman was later flown to St...
Jun 30, 2023
Discussions continue about alcohol in Ottawa parks
The Ottawa City Council is still discussing what parks alcohol should be allowed in. Mayor Robb Hasty said last month that no alcohol was allowed under the city's ordinances, but yesterday during a sp...
Jun 30, 2023
Two charged in ATM robbery in LaSalle
A LaSalle man and Ottawa woman are accused of trying to rob an AMT machine at the First Federal Savings Bank in LaSalle. 41-year old Richard Young and 28-year old Marisa Melendez were arrested after p...
Jun 29, 2023 Eduardo Soares / Unsplash
IVCC Ottawa campus evacuated after gas leak
The Illinois Valley Community College Ottawa campus was evacuated Thursday morning because of a gas leak. A staff member told us that students outside of the campus smelled natural gas before 10am bef...
Jun 29, 2023 WCMY file photo of the south entrance of the IVCC Ottawa Center
City of Streator purchases new license plate reading cameras
The Streator City Council purchased eight Flock Safety Cameras Tuesday. The cameras read license plates and can tell police if the vehicle is wanted for something. Mayor Tara Bedei says she thinks pur...
Jun 29, 2023
Streator man pleads guilty to not reporting fatal accident
A Streator man said he was sorry to the family of a LaSalle bicyclist who died after he was hit by the SUV he was driving. 27-year old Gabriel Benitez pleaded guilty Thursday to not reporting the acci...
Jun 29, 2023 Gabriel Benitez, LaSalle County jail photo