Category Archives: WCMY News
Morris teen going to prison for woman's murder
A Morris teenager gets a 35-year sentence for murder. Cortez Rice pleaded guilty a few weeks ago to shooting 25-year old Beverly Lambert twice in the back of her head. She showed up at an apartment bu...
WCMY News Feb 09, 2023
LaSalle Celebration of Lights costs could be capped
The amount of money spent on the LaSalle Celebration of Lights could be good or bad depending on how you look at it, according to City Finance Director John Duncan. He says the city lost money putting...
WCMY News Feb 09, 2023 Lights of LaSalle, file photo from 2022
Skateboarder asks for ramp revamps in Ottawa
A local skateboarder thinks it's time for the 20-year old Ottawa skate park to get an upgrade. Dick Chavez and some friends will ask the city's Playground and Recreation Board to work with them on som...
WCMY News Feb 08, 2023
Oglesby commissioner and mayoral candidate wants dog park built by election day
Oglesby may get a dog park this spring. Mayoral candidate and current city commissioner James Cullinan believes it can be done for less than $20,000. That means it wouldn't cost enough to have to bid ...
WCMY News Feb 08, 2023 Tonamel / CC
Durbin holds meeting discussing staffing shortages at rural hospitals
In 2020, it was estimated that Illinois will have a shortage of 15,000 registered nurses by 2025. Sen. Dick Durbin Tuesday held a meeting with members of the National Rural Health Association to discu...
WCMY News Feb 08, 2023 Sen. Dick Durbin, official Senate photo
Heating unit problem puts smoke in the air at LaSalle Station
A problem at LaSalle Station didn't affect nuclear power generation last night. Constellation Energy spokesman Brett Nauman says a heating unit problem put smoke in the air in the main access facility...
WCMY News Feb 08, 2023 WCMY file photo of LaSalle Station nuclear power generation station
Lawmaker reaction to State of the Union 2023
Republican Cong. Darin LaHood doesn't feel Pres. Biden was bipartisan in the State of the Union Address. He says reducing inflation, securing the border, taking on China, and restoring energy independ...
WCMY News Feb 07, 2023 GPA Photo Archive
Jason Bunting takes office for Ill. House 106th
Jason Bunting of Emington has begun serving as the state representative from the 106th Illinois House District. His first day on the House floor was today. Bunting replaces Tom Bennett who became a st...
WCMY News Feb 07, 2023 Jason Bunting, picture from Facebook
Oglesby to start getting utility tax money not paid for three decades
Oglesby Mayor Dominic Rivara estimates more than $300,000 that should have been paid to the city wasn't. Ameren collected utility taxes for natural gas and electricity used at Illinois Valley Communit...
WCMY News Feb 07, 2023
Streator library dome repairs starts next week
The Streator Library's Dome is getting repaired starting next week. Library Director Cindy Maxwell says lighting will be replaced, cracks on the inside of the dome will be repaired, and the three mura...
WCMY News Feb 07, 2023 WCMY file photo of the Streator library dome taken March 20, 2020
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