Category Archives: WCMY News
Mother of Jelani Day says she's lost complete faith in Peru's investigation of his death
After a year and six months Carmen Bolden-Day, the mother of Jelani Day, says she still wants answers after her son's body was pulled from the Illinois River near Peru in September 2021. She spoke to ...
Jan 31, 2023 Jelani Day
Seven schools sharing in grant for counseling services
Seven schools in northern Illinois are sharing in a five-year $6.8 million grant for school counseling. Katie Shevokas of LaMoille School is a counselor who wrote the grant application with the Arukah...
Jan 31, 2023 WCMY file photo of Hall High School in Spring Valley
Peru mayor still looking for answers in St. Margaret's Health's sudden closure
Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski says he wants to leave no stone unturned in finding the answers to why St. Margaret's Health Peru closed so quickly. At the Peru City Council meeting last night, he said he's b...
Jan 30, 2023 One last group photo at what was Illinois Valley Community Hospital. January 28, 2023
Former Ottawa floodplain manager Mike Sutfin has died
If there was something a community could do before a flood to minimize flood damage, Mike Sutfin probably knew. Sutfin died last week at age 74. He was Ottawa's floodplain manager for 12 years and hel...
Jan 30, 2023
Sen. Durbin says Congress could investigate Memphis police brutality case
Sen. Dick Durbin says the police brutality case in Memphis isn't isolated. He said on ABC's This Week, it happens all over the country. The U.S. Attorney for the western district of Tennessee, Kevin R...
Jan 30, 2023
Some rifles allowed for deer hunting in Illinois
Deer hunters are now allowed to use some rifles in Illinois. Illinois Department of Natural Resources Capt. John Williamson says there are bullet size, jacket length, and capacity restrictions. The ri...
Jan 30, 2023 Benjamin Raffetseder / Unsplash
More than $52k raised for Make A Wish in Penguin Plunge
The Penguin Plunge raised more than $52,000 for the Make A Wish Foundation. It snowed a little before people jumped into a pond at Skydive Chicago this afternoon. Suzie Johnson went for the second tim...
Jan 28, 2023 Some of the people jumping into the pond at Skydive Chicago for the 2023 Penguin Plunge
Hugs and tears as community shows up to face hospital closure
There were many hugs and tears among about 200 people in the St. Margaret's Health Peru parking lot this morning as the 7am closure came and went. Many of those in the crowd were employees laid off ju...
Jan 28, 2023 St. Margaret's Health employees who worked the last shift as the Peru hospital closed said goodbye and consoled each other in the parking lot. January 28, 2023
Cong. Underwood says SMP Health closure is a tragedy for residents
14th District Cong. Lauren Underwood says the closure of St. Margaret's Health Peru is a tragedy for the communities of LaSalle, Peru, and Oglesby. And as one of the only providers of obstetric servic...
Jan 28, 2023
Submission period open for Illinois Valley Community College essay contest
Illinois Valley Community College wants people know how the college changed their life. It's for the 2023 Paul Simon Student Essay contest which is now open for submissions. Any student full or part-t...
Jan 28, 2023