Category Archives: WCMY News

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.

Gov. JB Pritzker says the State of the State is stronger than ever. He gave his address in the Illinois General Assembly chambers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. He spoke first...

Streator City Hall plans to sell some surplus property. Mayor Tara Bedei says they are plots of land, some with homes on them. The rest are vacant lots. The city's spending money mowing lawns and some...

Streator's City Council is considering whether to let people have hens in their yards. Roosters crow very loudly, but hens are relatively quiet. And they lay eggs. Mayor Tara Bedei says with high egg ...

A truck hauling a tank turned over in the Interstate 80 median near Illinois 251 in Peru this morning. State Police say a medical helicopter flew the driver to a hospital. Nothing hazardous was in the...