Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa Elementary School District Therapy Dogs introduced
Four therapy dogs are helping students in the Ottawa Elementary School District. The golden doodles were introduced at a school board meeting earlier this week. Murphy works at Jefferson School. Poppy...
Apr 22, 2023
Cong. Lauren Underwood challenges kids to read
Students from kindergarten through grade five can participate in a reading program through Cong. Lauren Underwood's office. She's challenging kids to read at least ten books over the next three months...
Apr 22, 2023
Grandfather going to prison for grandson's drug-related death
A 57-year-old man is to spend about the next 14 years in prison for drug-induced homicide. Brian Mulcahy pleaded guilty to the charge this morning, admitting he supplied alcohol, cannabis, and heroin ...
Apr 21, 2023 Brian K. Mulcahy, mug shot from LaSalle County jail
Weekly COVID report: Two new deaths, new cases going down
New COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County continue to go down. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 43 new cases this week. There have been 37,386 new cases so far. Two more people succumbed to th...
Apr 21, 2023
State has $81 million waiting for LaSalle County residents
If you've ever moved and forgot to get back a security deposit for utilities, the state of Illinois may be waiting for you to claim it. The Treasurer's Office also gets abandoned bank accounts, unclai...
Apr 21, 2023
UPDATE: Marseilles man charged with machete attack; was part of family dispute
Updated Friday afternoon: A judge set bond at $50,000 today for a Marseilles man accused of a machete attack at the door to his apartment last evening. Fifty year old Brad Bukowski could get up to sev...
Apr 20, 2023 Brad Bukowski, LaSalle County Jail photo
Ottawa going over paperwork for Allen Park grant
Ottawa City Hall has the paperwork for the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant for Allen Park improvements. Commissioner Marla Pearson says the city has to approve the grant terms to get...
Apr 20, 2023
IVCC Board holding organization meeting next Tuesday
The Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees is holding an organizational meeting. The board is meeting to name officers, talk about the results of the April 4th election, and honoring outg...
Apr 20, 2023
Illinois Valley Community College and Nell's Woodlands Foundation partnering for wellness courses
Illinois Valley Community College is partnering with the Nell's Woodland Foundation in Ottawa. Pres. Jerry Corcoran says the organization reached out to the college about using the 60-acre nature pres...
Apr 20, 2023 Stephanie Riddell / CC
Area state senators not impressed with Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson's speech to General Assembly
Last weekend's violence in Chicago was on the minds of this area's state senators when mayor-elect Brandon Johnson spoke to the General Assembly at the capitol yesterday. Johnson can't do anything abo...
Apr 20, 2023 LongitudeLatitude / CC