Category Archives: WCMY News
SMP Health letter details challenges going back years
SMP Health says it needs a lot of money right away to reopen the Peru hospital. Oglesby City Clerk Amy Eitutis last night read a letter from SMP Health to local officials about closing St. Margaret's ...
Feb 07, 2023
LaSalle water and soil levels safe after Carus fire according to third-party consultant
Water and soil samples in areas affected by the Carus Chemical fire in LaSalle are safe, according to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency standards. LaSalle's third-party environmental consultant...
Feb 07, 2023 Photo taken by WCMY from the Carus Chemical fire that started just before 9am January 11, 2023
Few answers as women scramble for new birth plans after hospital closure
Hundreds of women whose babies would have been born at the Peru hospital this year have to figure out other plans. Melissa Balma was the obstetrics nurse manager for St. Margaret's Health Peru. She sa...
Feb 06, 2023 St. Sen. Sue Rezin speaks at a news conference in the Westclox Building about the Peru hospital closure, February 6, 2023
Yorkville man pleads guilty in Kane County after July 2022 incident ends in Utica
A Yorkville man pleaded guilty to two of the eighteen charges against him in an incident with a St. Charles woman. 40-year old Shawn G. Strahota pleaded guilty to aggravated battery involving strangul...
Feb 06, 2023
Sen. Durbin supports probe of executive branch handling in classified documents cases
Sen. Dick Durbin says the way the executive branch has handled some classified documents is inexcusable. Durbin says he can't even take notes about classified information and keep them. And he's not t...
Feb 06, 2023 Sen. Dick Durbin, official Senate photo
Livingston County Board member chosen for Ill. House 106th seat
Jason Bunting of Emington, northeast of Pontiac, will serve in the Illinois House 106th district. He's filling what was Tom Bennett's term until Bennett left the House for an Illinois Senate opening l...
Feb 06, 2023 Jason Bunting, picture from Facebook
St. Rep. Davis says civil engineer and small business experience will help him in committee assignments
St. Rep. Jed Davis has five committee assignments. The new lawmaker representing the 75th Illinois House District will be on the committees for "Cities and Villages", "Economic Opportunity and Equity"...
Feb 06, 2023 Jed Davis campaign photo
Ottawa Chamber ambassadors program reaches 50-year mark
If you've been to an Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce event, you've likely noticed the people wearing green jackets. They're the Chamber's ambassadors. That program started in 1973 to get the business ...
Feb 05, 2023 Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jeff Hettrick holds a picture of the Chamber ambassadors taken in the 1970's. Their jackets were yellow.
OSF Streator nurse gets Sunflower Award for extraordinary care of physical therapy patient
OSF Streator Physical Therapist Kelly Anderson is the latest recipient of the OSF Healthcare Sunflower Award. The award recognizes extraordinary care from OSF employees who aren't nurses. She was nomi...
Feb 05, 2023 OSF Streator Physical Therapist Kelly Anderson gets a Sunflower Award. They are for employee's in the OSF Healthcare system that don't work in the nursing field but still provide extraordinary care.
Republican Party chairs meeting to name new Ill. House member
Seven county Republican Party chairs, including Larry Smith from LaSalle County, will meet in Gibson City today. They're naming a new Illinois House member. There's an empty seat in the 106th district...
Feb 04, 2023 Now St. Sen. Tom Bennett was an Ill. House member until last month. He fills the vacancy created when Jason Barickman resigned from the Senate. That leaves a vacancy to fill in the House.