Category Archives: WCMY News
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 06, 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 06, 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 05, 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.
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 05, 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 04, 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 04, 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 04, 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 03, 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 03, 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 03, 2023 Shamario Brown, LaSalle County Jail photo