Category Archives: WCMY News
Oglesby council selects contractor for Walnut St. parking lot
A new parking lot will be built on E. Walnut St. in Oglesby. The City Council last night approved the $59,870 bid from Universal Asphalt. There will be a somewhat U-shaped drive through the parking lo...
Mar 07, 2023 The proposed E. Walnut St. location for a parking lot in Oglesby
Illinois Sierra Club asks Carus for more testing and transparency
The Sierra Club Illinois chapter wants more testing and transparency for LaSalle residents affected by the Carus Chemical Fire. The environmental organization discussed how tests done by the Illinois ...
Mar 07, 2023 LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency picture of the fire damage at Carus Chemical in LaSalle
Dog park proposal tabled in Oglesby
It doesn't look like Oglesby will have a dog park before election day like Commissioner James Cullinan hoped. Cullinan had a proposal to fence off an area in the 100 block of 3rd St. for $11,000 ready...
Mar 07, 2023 Phil Dolby / CC
Oglesby repairing lightning strike damage to police radio tower
A lightning strike caused around $30,000 in damage to Oglesby police radio transmitters. The City Council last night authorized spending up to $30,000 on a new electrical ground system to keep it from...
Mar 07, 2023
Gym construction underway at Seneca High School
Parking is going to look different at Seneca High School. Students, staff, and visitors can only enter through the north side of the building for now. That's because starting Monday, construction is u...
Mar 06, 2023 Image from Wold Architects of how the Seneca High School gym may look inside
Missing Ottawa man found dead in ravine at US Silica
A man was found dead at US Silica in Ottawa Sunday. LaSalle County Sheriff's say they were first called after a vehicle was reported to be in the sand pit. The vehicle belonged to a person that the Ot...
Mar 06, 2023
Ottawa Fire Department working on starting CPR classes
Ottawa River Rescue teaches CPR classes every month. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says the Ottawa Fire Department may start classes too. One device does the heart compression work that's exhausting for a...
Mar 06, 2023 Marseilles Fire Protection District photo of a LUCAS CPR device on a training mannequin
Man accused of walking around with BB gun in Peru
Charges are being considered against a 37-year old man arrested in Peru Saturday morning for walking around with a BB gun. Two people reported seeing a man with what looked like a shotgun in the area ...
Mar 06, 2023
Coroner and rescue agencies called to U.S. Silica ravine
Local rescue services and the LaSalle County Coroner's Office were sent to Naplate to recover a body from a ravine yesterday afternoon. The body was in the U.S. Silica ravine near the Naplate baseball...
Mar 06, 2023
Ottawa Food Basket helping more people before SNAP emergency benefits ended
The Ottawa Community Food Basket is seeing more people needing help even before emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits ended on March 1st. During the pandemic, people usi...
Mar 06, 2023