Category Archives: WCMY News

The city of Peru donated another $125,000 for this year's TBM Avengers Reunion and Salute to Veterans. TBM Committee Chairman Cary Miller says the support from the city is unbelievable. Volunteers can...

Chester Weger's lawyers believe a judge should throw out the murder case against him because he was framed. The Chicago Sun-Times reports a new petition asks LaSalle County Judge Michael C. Jansz to c...

Fire fighters on opposite ends of LaSalle County dealt with house fires last night. Both were out quickly. Streator's fire department went to the 600 block of N. Shabbona St. The fire was at the back ...

The Ottawa High School juniors and seniors who go to the school's career fair in two months may not know much about how to look for work. Counselor Melissa Lorenzi says there may be information about ...

A person died of a gunshot wound after an incident in the 1100 block of Post St. in Ottawa this morning. Det. Cpl. Kevin Reynolds says it happened about 11am. An ambulance crew took the person to OSF ...

While Democrats and Republicans bicker over who said what about Social Security and Medicare, both programs are running out of money. Medicare won't have enough to keep up with its required payments a...

Fifteen scholarships are available this year through the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation. Students living in LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam, Livingston, Marshall, Lee, and Grundy counties are eligi...

A Bartlett woman whose husband is accused of a bank robbery in Ottawa almost five years ago has a two-year prison sentence to serve. Jessica Sweeney Williams pleaded guilty last year to transferring a...

LaSalle, Oglesby, and Peru are getting state money to survey water service lines. The North Central Illinois Council of Governments says the funding is for figuring out where the lead service lines ar...

The Illinois Valley Community College Edible Car Contest is returning. It's Wednesday at noon in room CTC 124 and anyone is welcome to attend. Participants build their cars entirely out of food and ra...