Category Archives: WCMY News
Seneca business owner hopes someone recognizes something in security photos of trailer thefts
Paul Smith says he has insurance, but the theft of four flatbed trailers from his Seneca business is frustrating for more people than himself and his employees. An S & P Carriages Trailer Sales custom...
Jan 9, 2023 R & P Carriages security camera picture of one of the trucks involved in the trailer theft on Dec. 23, 2022.
Traffic crash west of Morris was fatal
A Morris man lost his life in a one-vehicle crash west of Morris early this morning. Grundy County Coroner John Callahan says 37-year old George Cox lost control of his car on Saratoga Rd. south of Ne...
Jan 9, 2023
St. Sen. Rezin says bill with lawmaker raises also gives governor pet project money
St. Sen. Sue Rezin says the spending bill that gives lawmakers raises also gives the governor $400 million to spend as he wishes with little oversight. The Morris Republican calls the bill appallingly...
Jan 9, 2023
Ottawa Chamber using MLK holiday strategically--to move
The two people who work for the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce are packing up. Executive Director Jeff Hettrick plans to close the office on the top floor of the First Federal Savings Bank building o...
Jan 9, 2023 The view into the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce office as Jeff Hettrick and Julia Petteron prepare to move while still working on everyday business.
Local Regional Education Office in Ottawa has new diplomas that update GED
If you want to trade in your General Education Degree or GED for a State of Illinois High School Diploma, here's how. Bring ten dollars to your Regional Office of Education to make the switch. Local S...
Jan 8, 2023 Felipe Gregate / Unsplash
Three dozen Illinois Agriculture Association Foundation scholarships offered
The Illinois Agriculture Association Foundation has more than $200,000 in scholarships to give away this spring. IAA Development Manager Jennifer Smith says students can find out more at iaafoundation...
Jan 8, 2023
Tom Bennett of Illinois House chosen for vacant Senate seat
Tom Bennett is the person Republican Party chairmen from 13 counties chose today to represent the 53rd Illinois Senate district. Bennett has represented the 106th Illinois House district for eight yea...
Jan 7, 2023 Tom Bennett, from the Illinois House, will become the Illinois State Senator for the 53rd district
Illinois House approves increased abortion protection
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois House of Representatives voted Friday to shore up the state's already-expansive reproductive rights and shield the influx of out-of-state ...
Jan 7, 2023 LongitudeLatitude / CC
Illinois House OKs semiautomatic weapons ban, on to Senate
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A ban on dozens of semiautomatic weapons, a top campaign promise of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, won Illinois House approval early Friday. The Hous...
Jan 7, 2023 MIKI Yoshihito / CC
Lame-duck Illinois lawmakers vote themselves a 16% raise
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois House Democrats working in a lame-duck session left town for a weekend break Friday night - but not before voting on plans to giv...
Jan 7, 2023