Category Archives: WCMY News
Durbin holds meeting discussing staffing shortages at rural hospitals
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...
Feb 08, 2023 Sen. Dick Durbin, official Senate photo
Heating unit problem puts smoke in the air at LaSalle Station
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...
Feb 08, 2023 WCMY file photo of LaSalle Station nuclear power generation station
Lawmaker reaction to State of the Union 2023
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...
Feb 07, 2023 GPA Photo Archive
Jason Bunting takes office for Ill. House 106th
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...
Feb 07, 2023 Jason Bunting, picture from Facebook
Oglesby to start getting utility tax money not paid for three decades
Oglesby Mayor Dominic Rivara estimates more than $300,000 that should have been paid to the city wasn't. Ameren collected utility taxes for natural gas and electricity used at Illinois Valley Communit...
Feb 07, 2023
Streator library dome repairs starts next week
The Streator Library's Dome is getting repaired starting next week. Library Director Cindy Maxwell says lighting will be replaced, cracks on the inside of the dome will be repaired, and the three mura...
Feb 07, 2023 WCMY file photo of the Streator library dome taken March 20, 2020
SMP Health letter details challenges going back years
SMP Health says it needs a lot of money right away to reopen the Peru hospital. Oglesby City Clerk Amy Eitutis last night read a letter from SMP Health to local officials about closing St. Margaret's ...
Feb 07, 2023
LaSalle water and soil levels safe after Carus fire according to third-party consultant
Water and soil samples in areas affected by the Carus Chemical fire in LaSalle are safe, according to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency standards. LaSalle's third-party environmental consultant...
Feb 07, 2023 Photo taken by WCMY from the Carus Chemical fire that started just before 9am January 11, 2023
Few answers as women scramble for new birth plans after hospital closure
Hundreds of women whose babies would have been born at the Peru hospital this year have to figure out other plans. Melissa Balma was the obstetrics nurse manager for St. Margaret's Health Peru. She sa...
Feb 06, 2023 St. Sen. Sue Rezin speaks at a news conference in the Westclox Building about the Peru hospital closure, February 6, 2023
Yorkville man pleads guilty in Kane County after July 2022 incident ends in Utica
A Yorkville man pleaded guilty to two of the eighteen charges against him in an incident with a St. Charles woman. 40-year old Shawn G. Strahota pleaded guilty to aggravated battery involving strangul...
Feb 06, 2023