Category Archives: WCMY News
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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 2023 Tonamel / CC
Carus LLC hires third party consultant to investigate fire
A third-party consultant is investigating the fire at the Carus Chemical Plant in LaSalle. Carus VP of Operations Alan Gibbs says the consultant is doing a thorough investigation of the fire the compa...
Jan 31, 2023
Sen. Durbin declares resolution to make ERA part of Constitution will get hearings
Sen. Dick Durbin says a resolution to remove a ratification deadline that passed four decades ago from the Equal Rights Amendment will get hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Illinois Demo...
Jan 31, 2023
Mother of Jelani Day says she's lost complete faith in Peru's investigation of his death
After a year and six months Carmen Bolden-Day, the mother of Jelani Day, says she still wants answers after her son's body was pulled from the Illinois River near Peru in September 2021. She spoke to ...
Jan 31, 2023 Jelani Day
Seven schools sharing in grant for counseling services
Seven schools in northern Illinois are sharing in a five-year $6.8 million grant for school counseling. Katie Shevokas of LaMoille School is a counselor who wrote the grant application with the Arukah...
Jan 31, 2023 WCMY file photo of Hall High School in Spring Valley
Peru mayor still looking for answers in St. Margaret's Health's sudden closure
Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski says he wants to leave no stone unturned in finding the answers to why St. Margaret's Health Peru closed so quickly. At the Peru City Council meeting last night, he said he's b...
Jan 30, 2023 One last group photo at what was Illinois Valley Community Hospital. January 28, 2023
Former Ottawa floodplain manager Mike Sutfin has died
If there was something a community could do before a flood to minimize flood damage, Mike Sutfin probably knew. Sutfin died last week at age 74. He was Ottawa's floodplain manager for 12 years and hel...
Jan 30, 2023
Sen. Durbin says Congress could investigate Memphis police brutality case
Sen. Dick Durbin says the police brutality case in Memphis isn't isolated. He said on ABC's This Week, it happens all over the country. The U.S. Attorney for the western district of Tennessee, Kevin R...
Jan 30, 2023