Category Archives: WCMY News
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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2023 Photo from the LaSalle Count GIS website.
Marseilles gets permission from state to use Community Development Block Grant
Construction for rehabbing ten homes in Marseilles could start in the spring. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says that the state has finally given permission for the city to use the Community Development Block ...
Feb 2, 2023
Cong. Underwood and Sen. Duckworth support family medical leave expansion
Cong. Lauren Underwood says more people need coverage by the Family Medical Leave Act with paid time off. She plans to introduce in the House the Job Protection Act ahead of the FMLA's 30th anniversar...
Feb 1, 2023 Cong. Lauren Underwood (left) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, official Congressional portraits
Not all ARPA requests approved at special LaSalle County Board meeting
$1.2 million requested to replace an HVAC system at the Circuit Breaker School in Peru almost didn't happen. LaSalle County Board 9th District Rep. Ray Gatza asked the board Tuesday to table all appli...
Feb 1, 2023
Streator pair wanted in shooting cases turn themselves in
A man and woman from Streator have turned themselves in. The Livingston County Sheriff's Department says 28-year old Alyssa K. Shelton and 25-year old Timothy M. Wheaton were wanted since September in...
Feb 1, 2023 Alyssa Shelton and Timothy Wheaton, photos from Livingston County Sheriff's Department announcement
Charges approved against Streator man who allegedly attacked a police officer
A Streator man had charges against him approved by a LaSalle County grand jury Tuesday. 31-year old Jacob Thompson is charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly attack a Streator police office...
Feb 1, 2023
Dogs can walk along Baker Lake in Peru, for now
A walking path from the Pohar subdivision to Baker Lake in Peru now allows dogs on it. The city council voted 4-2 Monday to change an ordinance regarding animals in parks. Mayor Ken Kolowski says alth...
Feb 1, 2023 Tonamel / CC