Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle and U of I Extension presenting class on Pop-up Shops
LaSalle Economic Development Director Curt Bedei says the pop-up shop concept should be an integral part of any community's downtown development plan. The city wants to add more businesses downtown. B...
Mar 30, 2023 Mike Petrucci / Unsplash
Desk duty for police officer after gun scare at St. Bede
If the man who got police attention at Tuesday's St. Bede Academy baseball game returns for another game in the near future, it'll be without the gun he had. He's a Secretary of State police officer a...
Mar 30, 2023 Ibro Palic / CC
Charge filed against man in LaSalle restaurant shooting
A 63-year old LaSalle man faces a reckless conduct charge for a shooting at a LaSalle restaurant last week. The charge says Richard Venegas fired the gun. A 65-year old man got hit in the leg. He's be...
Mar 30, 2023
St. Rep. Davis says Democrats tried to ram through bill without enough votes
Republican St. Rep. Jed Davis says Democrats tried to quickly push through a bill that could give the Illinois Attorney General's Office too much power. The bill's aimed at drug companies that drastic...
Mar 30, 2023
Naplate police looking for two people possibly connected with Libby St. incident
Naplate's police department is asking for help identifying two people involved in some kind of incident in the 2100 block of Libby St. early Monday morning. A video shows two people wearing hoodies ge...
Mar 29, 2023 Images from a March 27, 2023 video Naplate's police department is sharing as it tries to find two people involved in some kind of incident that morning.
Off-duty police officer's gun draws police to high school baseball game
A law enforcement officer had a gun at the St. Bede Academy baseball game yesterday. Credentialed police are allowed to have their guns in public even when off-duty, and some law enforcement agencies ...
Mar 29, 2023 Ibro Palic / CC
Ottawa police say no foul play in death of man found on Riverwalk
A man's body was found on the Riverwalk by the Fox River south of Main St. in Ottawa this morning. Detective Corporal Matthew Najdanovich says there were no signs of foul play and there's no perceived...
Mar 29, 2023
Marseilles candidates explain conflict resolution, I-80 visions, more
Two incumbent city commissioners in Marseilles believe they have good ways of getting to the bottom of a conflict. Gary Lewey says it requires involvement. He won't settle it with an answer over the t...
Mar 29, 2023 The Marseilles city commissioner candidate forum Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Poco a Poco 2023 music festival auditions are starting
Kate Tombaugh is already taking applications for places in this year's Poco a Poco. It's eight days of singing instruction tailored to each student. There'll be at least two public concerts during tha...
Mar 28, 2023
Appellate court upholds sentence in Spring Valley gun case
A Bolingbrook man convicted of possession of a weapon by a felon will keep serving his nine-year prison sentence. The Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa found that Spring Valley police weren't w...
Mar 28, 2023 Quincy L. McCoy, Ill. Dept. of Corrections photo