Category Archives: WCMY News
Bond set for Streator man accused of attacking police officer
A public defender is appointed to represent a Streator man who was shot in Streator's Central Park Monday morning. Thirty-one year old Jacob R. Thompson needs $5,000 to bond out of jail. That's 10% of...
Jan 25, 2023 Jacob R. Thompson, LaSalle County jail picture
OSF Healthcare to have two job fairs
OSF Healthcare will have two job fairs at Grand Bear Lodge in Utica. The first is Monday next week (January 30) from 2pm to 6pm. The next is two weeks later (Monday, February 13) during the same hours...
Jan 25, 2023
Low flying helicopter to cross area on mapping mission
The U.S. Geological Survey says there's nothing to worry about when a helicopter flies just a few hundred feet from the ground with a hoop hanging below it. That helicopter is part of a mapping survey...
Jan 25, 2023 U.S. Geological Survey picture of the helicopter and radio detection hoop that will map the Illinois River basin
Sports schedules scrambled with Interstate Eight Conference losing two members
Two schools are leaving the Interstate Eight sports conference. Plano and Sandwich will join the Kishwaukee River Conference to put their teams up against teams from schools of similar student body si...
Jan 25, 2023 Kari / CC
Grants to pay for NCAT maintenance garage work and wifi on buses
North Central Area Transit will offer its passengers wifi. The state is giving a $65,000 grant for it. Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut says the bus drivers can use it too to communicate to ...
Jan 24, 2023
Peru gets record annual retail sales over one year
A record $713 million in annual retail sales was amounted in the city of Peru. The data was collected starting on October 1st, 2021 and finished on September 30th, 2022. Director of Economic Developme...
Jan 24, 2023
Peru mayor concerned about no obstetrics services in his community even if hospital reopens
Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski says SMP Health officials apologized during a Zoom conference call he and local lawmakers participated in yesterday. But he's concerned that there won't be obstetrics services ...
Jan 24, 2023 Robin Salman / CC
LaSalle residents say city and US government failed them after Carus Chemical fire
Some LaSalle residents affected by the Carus Chemical Fire on January 11th say that Mayor Jeff Grove's administration failed to communicate about the fire. More than ten people spoke to the city counc...
Jan 24, 2023 Picture from Twitter user @Mda4life of the smoke from Carus Chemical a few minutes after the explosion Jan. 11, 2023
Streator police officer shoots person armed with a knife
A Streator police officer will take a leave of absence after an officer involved shooting Monday morning in Central Park. Police Chief John Franklin says the officer shot a man that was armed with a k...
Jan 23, 2023
NCICG to host talk on passenger rail proposal
The North Central Illinois Council of Governments is inviting people to hear the latest on the Peoria-to-Chicago passenger rail idea. That will be at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby at si...
Jan 23, 2023 WCMY file photo of an Amtrak train passing through the railroad depot in Mendota