Category Archives: WCMY News
SMH doctors move as OSF Healthcare expands OB-GYN services
Women still scrambling to find pregnancy doctors after St. Margaret's Health Peru closed might like to know that two of the doctors there will start soon at OSF Healthcare in Ottawa. Drs. Jennifer Mas...
Apr 02, 2023
LaSalle County Health Dept. observers National Public Health Week
April 3 to 9 is National Public Health Week. The LaSalle County Health Department is letting people know about the breast and cervical cancer screening program for low income women. The department als...
Apr 02, 2023
Sen. Stoller hosts students at capitol
St. Sen. Win Stoller hopes his Youth Advisory Council program encourages high school students to get involved in their communities and become leaders. Seven students from his district went to the Illi...
Apr 01, 2023 St. Sen. Win Stoller with high school students from his district at the Illinois Capitol on March 22, 2023. Photo provided by his office.
Man pleads guilty to trying to send THC to Sheridan Correctional Center
LaSalle County Judge H. Chris Ryan gave unconditional discharge to a man who tried to send THC into Sheridan Correctional Center in 2021 through the mail. That means 30-year old Brandon Milton needs t...
Apr 01, 2023
A different kind of audition for Poco a Poco students
The auditions that music students are getting when they apply for the Poco a Poco music program aren't the kind where you have to prove how good you are to get in. Executive Director Kate Tombaugh lis...
Apr 01, 2023
Weekly COVID report: Third week of no deaths; current cases below 800
Current COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County fell below 800 this past week. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 796 current cases this week. There were 834 last week. The health department says ...
Mar 31, 2023
Marseilles man not arraigned because of no grand jury indictment
A Marseilles man charged last week with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a rifle without a FOID card wasn't arraigned in court this week. 22-year old Caleb Davis was allegedly on ...
Mar 31, 2023 Caleb A. Davis, LaSalle County jail photo
New court dates set in Streator man's attempted murder case
New court dates were set for the Streator man accused of shooting at a Trident drug agent last year. 20-year old Courtney Perkins will be back in court on June 2nd. His trial was set for June 12th. A ...
Mar 31, 2023
LaSalle County GOP chair says indictment will motivate supporters
LaSalle County Republican Party Chairman Larry Smith says indicting former president Donald Trump will motivate Trump's supporters in the 2024 presidential race. Smith says they'll see it as another b...
Mar 31, 2023
Bill to end moratorium on new nuclear plants passes Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate passed Sen. Sue Rezin's bill to end the moratorium on new nuclear power plants. Rezin says lifting the moratorium would let coal-fired power plants switch to small modular reactors...
Mar 31, 2023