Category Archives: WCMY News

St. Rep. Jason Bunting wants to know where the money's coming from for all the things Gov. Pritzker talked about in the State of the State. He says he understands Pritzker wanting to do a lot, but the...

A problem with the electrical system in Oglesby left people cold and in the dark overnight. The city opened the fire station as a warming center. City line workers got some parts of Oglesby on again. ...

Some Marseilles City Council officials are hesitant to allow some land to be used to sell fireworks. The new owners of The Cliffs Insane Terrain Off-Road Park said someone approached them asking to us...

A Grundy County judge Wednesday refused to dismiss the Illinois Attorney General's Office from a case over a barge fleeting proposal in the Illinois River and appoint a special attorney general. The l...

St. Sen. Tom Bennett says the work in the legislature in the weeks ahead will be setting budget priorities. He says the one-time federal stimulus payments boosted revenue and so did taxes because of i...

St. Rep. Bradley Fritts says he completely supports the effort to expand funding for rural hospitals. He says some women in his district may have to travel more than an hour to get to a hospital where...

St. Rep Lance Yednock of Ottawa says the governor's State of the State Address is the first step in the long process of negotiating the state's spending plan. He says he wants to thoroughly review the...

St. Sen. Sue Rezin says it's good for Gov. Pritzker to acknowledge the importance of child care. The Morris Republican is the minority spokesperson for the Illinois Senate Early Childhood Education Co...

St. Sen. Win Stoller likes that Gov. Pritzker recognizes the need for more grocery stores in rural areas. He says there are a lot of rural parts of his district without them. But Stoller says Pritzker...

St. Rep. Jed Davis says Gov. Pritzker wants more spending than the state can handle.