Category Archives: WCMY News
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
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 03, 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 03, 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 03, 2023
Five years of probation in puppy strangling death case
A Mendota man is to serve five years on probation for strangling a four-month old puppy to death. Lucas Ramey pleaded guilty two months ago to aggravated cruelty to an animal. Prosecutor Matt Kidder s...
Feb 02, 2023 Lucas R. Ramey, LaSalle County jail photo
Wear red Friday for heart disease awareness
While heart disease has been traditionally known as a "man's disease", it's the number one killer of women in Illinois and the US. The LaSalle County Health Department is asking people to red Friday f...
Feb 02, 2023 Tamara Bellis / Unsplash
Ottawa Chamber has ribbon cutting for its own new location
The new ground floor office for the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce has been getting more visitors than the fourth floor location used to have. Executive Director Jeff Hettrick cut the ribbon for the ...
Feb 02, 2023 The Ottawa Chamber Ambassadors with Executive Director Jeff Hettrick who cut the ribbon February 2, 2023 for the Chamber's new location.
LaSalle gets water system improvement loan from state
LaSalle is getting a $2.5 million Illinois Environmental Protection Agency loan for water system improvements. The IEPA says the city will use it to replace the chlorination system and improve the pre...
Feb 02, 2023 Photo from the LaSalle Count GIS website.