Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Record number of people and new venue for 2023 Black and White Ball
The 2023 Black and White Ball has a new location this year. Starved Rock Country Regional Center Marketing Manager Jennifer Kirkman says it will be at the Auditorium Ballroom in LaSalle instead of the...
Feb 23, 2023 Image from the event's Facebook page.
Early voting begins for election ending April 4
Today's the first day for early voting across most of Illinois. It'll happen at the Etna Rd. courthouse in Ottawa from 8am to 4:30pm on weekdays. The County Clerk will also hold special hours for it o...
Feb 23, 2023
18th annual IVCC Edible Car Contest gets record amount of cars
A record 34 edible cars were created for the 18th annual Illinois Valley Community College Edible Car Contest. Computer Design Program Coordinator Dorene Data hosted the contest. The cars raced on a d...
Feb 23, 2023 Some of the high school and middle school cars built for the 2023 Edible Car Contest at Illinois Valley Community College.
Recorder fees going up statewide for program that hasn't benefited LaSalle County
Paying $8 more to file a deed or mortgage at the county courthouse may be a drop in the bucket to someone who just bought a house for $150,000. But LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds Karen Miller would ...
Feb 22, 2023
Ottawa to replace historic looking Washington Park lights
Thirty-four lights in and around Ottawa's Washington Park will be replaced. The city will spend $100,000 from the downtown tax increment financing fund. Commissioner Marla Pearson says the city's spen...
Feb 22, 2023 A historic looking light in Ottawa's Washington Square
Bad transformer switch blamed for Oglesby outage; resident chastises lack of maintenance
A bad transformer switch caused the city-wide power outage in Oglesby last Wednesday night. Electricians repaired it Monday and put the city back on the main transformer Tuesday morning. But an angry ...
Feb 22, 2023
Ottawa Elementary School District purchases used school bus
The Ottawa Elementary School District approved spending $59,500 on a used school bus last night. It will be used to help take students with disabilities to school. Supt. Michelle Lee says it's not lik...
Feb 22, 2023