Category Archives: WCMY News

The investigation continues into a gunshot fired Wednesday night after 8:30 p.m. near the lower parking lot just west of the north end of Veterans Bridge in downtown Ottawa. A news release Friday morn...

The Illinois High School Association, Illinois State University and the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau have reached a five-year contract extension for the IHSA Girls Basketball...

The Streator City Council voted 4-1 in opposition to OSF's plan to build a new Ottawa hospital and reduce services available. The Streator Council's resolution is similar to the Ottawa City Council's ...

The Ottawa City Council voted to change power companies in yesterday's meeting. The city is entering into a two-year agreement with Illinois Power Marketing which provides a lower rate than the city's...

21-year-old Logan Petre of Marseilles appeared in LaSalle County Court Monday and has been charged with murdering his father, 54-year-old Leo Petre in a Marseilles residence Saturday. LaSalle County S...

The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office took 21-year-old Logan M. Petre of Marseilles into custody on the suspicion of first-degree murder after an incident Saturday afternoon at about 1:30 p.m. in the 80...

An audience of over 400 filled the cafeteria at Central Intermediate School in Ottawa Thursday night for the Illinois Health Facilities and Review Board hearing on the Certificate of Need filed by OSF...

This afternoon at 4 p.m. in the cafetorium at Central Intermediate School on East McKinley Road in Ottawa, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board will host a public hearing on the Ce...

The Lasalle County Highways Department has announced a road closure on N. 36th Road at the Wallace/Freedom Township Line for a culvert replacement starting Monday, June 17, 2024. The project, located ...

An investigation is underway after human remains were discovered at the site of the decommissioned Cherry Mine in Cherry, Illinois. The Bureau County Sheriff's Office says the severely decomposed body...