Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Peru parking restrictions for July 3 fireworks
Temporary parking restrictions for the July 3rd fireworks in Peru will go into effect at 5 p.m. on July 3rd. There is no parking across from the old electric plant near the firework family area. Traff...
Jun 29, 2023 TireZoo / CC
More mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in LaSalle County
More mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department says the batch tested this time was from the LaSalle area. The bugs get the virus when ...
Jun 29, 2023 Dunk 🐝 / CC
Pres. Biden talks "Bidenomics" at Chicago stop
Pres. Joe Biden says his economic plan is working. He spoke to a group gathered in Chicago yesterday about "growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up." The term used yesterday was "Bidenom...
Jun 29, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
IVCC Pres. Jerry Corcoran retires tomorrow
Tomorrow is the last day for Illinois Valley Community College Pres. Jerry Corcoran. He's retiring after working 33 years at IVCC and fifteen as its president. He told WCMY's Jay LeSeure Tuesday that ...
Jun 29, 2023 Illinois Valley Community College President Jerry Corcoran
IVCC photo
Ottawa woman wins the Silo Baking Competition
Ottawa woman, Lu Aussem, won Magnolia Network's first Silo Baking Competition. Last October, Aussem headed down to Waco, Texas, to film the first season of Chip and Joanna Gaines' Silo Baking Competit...
Jun 28, 2023 Winner Lu Aussem with Runner up Thomas Fooshees as seen on Silos Baking Competition season 1
LaSalle applies for grant for Rotary Park improvements
The city of LaSalle wants to make improvements at Rotary Park. Economic Development Director Curt Bedei says he and City Engineer Brian Brown have applied for an Illinois Department of Natural Resourc...
Jun 28, 2023