Category Archives: WCMY News

LaSalle County Judge Cynthia Raccugila allowed a Streator man's personal guardian to stand next to him during his arraignment hearing Thursday. 31-year old Jacob Thompson pleaded not guilty to aggrava...

Just one of four bids for an electrical substation transformer got to Oglesby City Hall in time. Commissioners are considering whether to re-bid it. Commissioner Jason Curran recommends going with the...

A Morris teenager gets a 35-year sentence for murder. Cortez Rice pleaded guilty a few weeks ago to shooting 25-year old Beverly Lambert twice in the back of her head. She showed up at an apartment bu...

The amount of money spent on the LaSalle Celebration of Lights could be good or bad depending on how you look at it, according to City Finance Director John Duncan. He says the city lost money putting...

A local skateboarder thinks it's time for the 20-year old Ottawa skate park to get an upgrade. Dick Chavez and some friends will ask the city's Playground and Recreation Board to work with them on som...

Oglesby may get a dog park this spring. Mayoral candidate and current city commissioner James Cullinan believes it can be done for less than $20,000. That means it wouldn't cost enough to have to bid ...

In 2020, it was estimated that Illinois will have a shortage of 15,000 registered nurses by 2025. Sen. Dick Durbin Tuesday held a meeting with members of the National Rural Health Association to discu...

A problem at LaSalle Station didn't affect nuclear power generation last night. Constellation Energy spokesman Brett Nauman says a heating unit problem put smoke in the air in the main access facility...

Republican Cong. Darin LaHood doesn't feel Pres. Biden was bipartisan in the State of the Union Address. He says reducing inflation, securing the border, taking on China, and restoring energy independ...

Jason Bunting of Emington has begun serving as the state representative from the 106th Illinois House District. His first day on the House floor was today. Bunting replaces Tom Bennett who became a st...