Category Archives: WCMY News
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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 6, 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 6, 2023
Sen. Durbin supports probe of executive branch handling in classified documents cases
Sen. Dick Durbin says the way the executive branch has handled some classified documents is inexcusable. Durbin says he can't even take notes about classified information and keep them. And he's not t...
Feb 6, 2023 Sen. Dick Durbin, official Senate photo
Livingston County Board member chosen for Ill. House 106th seat
Jason Bunting of Emington, northeast of Pontiac, will serve in the Illinois House 106th district. He's filling what was Tom Bennett's term until Bennett left the House for an Illinois Senate opening l...
Feb 6, 2023 Jason Bunting, picture from Facebook
St. Rep. Davis says civil engineer and small business experience will help him in committee assignments
St. Rep. Jed Davis has five committee assignments. The new lawmaker representing the 75th Illinois House District will be on the committees for "Cities and Villages", "Economic Opportunity and Equity"...
Feb 6, 2023 Jed Davis campaign photo
Ottawa Chamber ambassadors program reaches 50-year mark
If you've been to an Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce event, you've likely noticed the people wearing green jackets. They're the Chamber's ambassadors. That program started in 1973 to get the business ...
Feb 5, 2023 Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jeff Hettrick holds a picture of the Chamber ambassadors taken in the 1970's. Their jackets were yellow.