Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC Board candidates to participate in forum on campus
The eight people running for board positions at Illinois Valley Community College will participate in a candidate forum. That'll be on Wednesday, March 22 at 2:30pm on the Oglesby campus. Each will ge...
Feb 25, 2023
Ottawa officials making sure storage facility housing potassium permanganate stays safe
Ottawa city officials say a storage facility at the Southtowne Mall that stores potassium permanganate only handles the packaged product. Mayor Dan Aussem says people on social media criticized the ci...
Feb 24, 2023
Lawyer asking to examine more hairs saved since 1960 in Starved Rock murders case
Lawyer Andy Hale doesn't know yet how many more hairs still in evidence from the Starved Rock murders case can be tested for DNA. He'll file papers next week asking to have an Elgin company, Microtrac...
Feb 24, 2023 quapan / CC
Weekly COVID report: No new deaths, current and new COVID cases up
For the first time in eight weeks, current COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County went up. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 861 current cases this week compared to 823 last week. New cases outn...
Feb 24, 2023
IDOT to cover half the local match for passenger rail line development
If the federal government provides grants for developing Peoria-to-Chicago passenger rail through LaSalle County, it will require a 20% local match. The Illinois Department of Transportation says it w...
Feb 24, 2023 The North Central Illinois Council of Governments presented a passenger rail development update February 23, 2023
Pedestrian killed in traffic crash in Streator
Someone died in Streator last night when a vehicle hit a pedestrian. The crash happened in the 1700 block of N. Bloomington St. a little after 6pm. The person's name hasn't been provided yet while pol...
Feb 24, 2023
Family hires lawyer for man accused of shooting at police officer
A Streator man accused of shooting at a police officer says his family has hired a lawyer for him. The lawyer wasn't in court when Courtney Perkins was this morning. Perkins told Judge H. Chris Ryan h...
Feb 23, 2023
One year of court supervision for wrongful home move-in
A Streator woman is starting one year on court supervision and must pay nearly $700 in fines and court costs for moving into a house without permission. Donna Casey-Schultz is also required to avoid c...
Feb 23, 2023 LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds picture of the house Donna Casey-Schultz is accused of illegally trying to live in
Trial delayed while defense lawyer asks to toss confession in bow-and-arrow murder case
The bow-and-arrow murder retrial is rescheduled. Twenty-nine year old Bradley French would have had that retrial next week, but now it's scheduled for the week of July 10. His lawyer is asking to thro...
Feb 23, 2023
Ottawa man going to prison for sexual contact with seven year old denies crimes
An Ottawa man denies sexually abusing two sisters and says they wouldn't have deserved something like that to happen to them. The judge who found 32-year old Ayrimis Scerini guilty two months ago stil...
Feb 23, 2023 LaSalle County jail picture of Ayrimis Scerini