Category Archives: WCMY News
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 07, 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 07, 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 07, 2023
Two top Illinois lawmakers disagree on temporary stop of ending cash-bail in state
Illinois Republicans are praising the pause pre-trial detention of the Illinois SAFE-T Act. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that ending cash-bail would not happen until they hear arguments about the ...
Jan 07, 2023 Giorgio Trovato / Unsplash
OSF St. Paul in Mendota gets award for excellence in emergency patient care
One of the leaders in patient experience in the country is OSF St. Paul Medical Center in Mendota. The hospital was named as a 2022 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award winner for being in th...
Jan 07, 2023
Weekly COVID update: County at Medium community spread level; child dies from coronavirus
LaSalle County is in the Medium community spread level of COVID-19 again according to the Centers for Disease Control. That means that people who are at high risk or know a high risk person are recomm...
Jan 06, 2023
Two women plead guilty in Ruiz Construction burglary in September
A Chicago and Michigan City, IN woman have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a burglary at Ruiz Construction in September last year. 23-year old Julia Lopez was sentenced Friday to four years of ...
Jan 06, 2023
New trial date set for Streator man charged in attempted shooting at Trident Agent
A new trial date is set for the Streator man accused of attempted murder after he allegedly shot at Trident Drug Agent in September last year. The trial for 20-year old Courtney Perkins is now schedul...
Jan 06, 2023
Ottawa City Hall and AFSCME going to arbitration over labor outsourcing
Ottawa City Hall and one of the unions representing city workers are heading to an arbitration hearing via Zoom on the 25th. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 2819 Pr...
Jan 06, 2023
Wind turbine burns up north of Mendota
The loss from a wind turbine fire north of Mendota is estimated at $2 million. Mendota Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser says owner Leeward Renewable Energy had plans to decommission and repower the turbi...
Jan 06, 2023 Mendota Fire Dept. picture of the burning wind turbine on January 5, 2023