Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Volunteers are willing, but the state won't let them, pick up trash along Peru highway
Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski says it's absurd. Volunteers willing to pick up trash along Illinois 251 by the Peru Mall and Interstate 80 aren't allowed. The Illinois Department of Transportation says so. B...
Mar 28, 2023 Kate Ter Haar / CC
Hundreds of spots available for hazardous waste drop-offs and electronics recycling
There are almost 400 spots still open for next month's LaSalle County household hazardous waste and electronics drop-off. That will go from eight to three on Saturday, April 29 outside the Etna Rd. co...
Mar 27, 2023 Curtis Palmer / CC
Illinois House passes Fritts bill for retired police dog care
The Illinois House almost unanimously passed a bill last week to help fund retired police dog veterinary care. St. Rep. Bradley Fritts sponsored it. He says many police dogs have medical problems from...
Mar 27, 2023 Metropolitan Transportation Authority / CC
No one hurt in small fire in Ottawa apartment building
An electrical problem is blamed for putting smoke in the air in an Ottawa apartment early yesterday. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says no one was hurt. The fire department had the fire under control in l...
Mar 27, 2023
Mesarchik family and friends urge justice for Dalton 20 years later
It's been 20 years since a seven-year old Streator boy left his family's front porch and was murdered. A fisherman found Dalton Mesarchik's body in the Vermilion River south of Streator the next day. ...
Mar 27, 2023 Dalton Mesarchik