Category Archives: WCMY News
OSF Streator nurse gets Sunflower Award for extraordinary care of physical therapy patient
OSF Streator Physical Therapist Kelly Anderson is the latest recipient of the OSF Healthcare Sunflower Award. The award recognizes extraordinary care from OSF employees who aren't nurses. She was nomi...
Feb 5, 2023 OSF Streator Physical Therapist Kelly Anderson gets a Sunflower Award. They are for employee's in the OSF Healthcare system that don't work in the nursing field but still provide extraordinary care.
Republican Party chairs meeting to name new Ill. House member
Seven county Republican Party chairs, including Larry Smith from LaSalle County, will meet in Gibson City today. They're naming a new Illinois House member. There's an empty seat in the 106th district...
Feb 4, 2023 Now St. Sen. Tom Bennett was an Ill. House member until last month. He fills the vacancy created when Jason Barickman resigned from the Senate. That leaves a vacancy to fill in the House.
Adam Kinzinger's Congressional papers go to Pekin's Dirksen Congressional Center
The Dirksen Congressional Center has Congressional papers going back to 1933. Now it has former Congressman Adam Kinzinger's. The Channahon Republican says he couldn't think of a better place to get h...
Feb 4, 2023
Scholarships available through Regional Office of Education and Illinois Valley Community College
Applications for a scholarship through The LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam Counties Regional Office of Education is open for the 2023-24 school year. Supt. Chris Dvorak says the Joseph J. Hohner Scholar...
Feb 4, 2023
Illinois Conservation Police and two others save injured juvenile bald eagle
Illinois Conservation Police Sgt. Phil Wire, Officer Sarah Martin, and two other people saved a juvenile bald eagle last week. Wire says the eagle was reported downstream of Starved Rock over the past...
Feb 3, 2023 IDNR Conservation Police Officer Sarah Martin with an injured eagle found January 27, 2023. IDNR picture
Man accused of shooting at police officer during drug bust may go without lawyer
A Streator man has a little more than three weeks to hire a lawyer or figure out how he'll represent himself in an attempted murder case. Twenty year old Courtney Perkins told Judge H. Chris Ryan toda...
Feb 3, 2023
Six-year sentence for police chase and tossed guns
A year-and-a-half since his arrest, 25-year old Shamario Brown of Plano pleaded guilty to charges from a police chase in LaSalle County. He's taking a six-year prison sentence for aggravated unlawful ...
Feb 3, 2023 Shamario Brown, LaSalle County Jail photo
Poco a Poco creating singing "love grams" as a fundraiser for summer music fest
Poco a Poco is doing more singing telegrams. But this time it's for Valentine's Day, so they are called singing love grams. Executive Director Kate Tombaugh says she will professionally record a song ...
Feb 3, 2023 WCMY photo of opera singer Kate Tombaugh teaching a Poco a Poco session in 2019
There's no more room for this year's Ottawa Veteran's Banner program
No more applications will be taken for Ottawa's Veterans Banner Program. Tami Koppen with the city says the program has reached full capacity. 25 people from last year were first on the list this year...
Feb 3, 2023
LaSalle County already ahead after Illinois Supreme Court e-filing expansion
LaSalle County is ahead of the curve for filing court cases online. The Illinois Supreme Court announced an expansion of an e-filing system that includes quasi-criminal and electronic citations. That ...
Feb 3, 2023