Category Archives: WCMY News
Women Inspired Network awards grants for infant sleep sacks and youth center food
The Safe Sleep for Infants Program is getting $10,000 to buy more than 1,000 sleep sacks for babies to prevent sudden infant death syndrome. And the Spring Valley Youth Center is getting $4,000 for it...
Dec 03, 2022
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood Elected To House Democratic Leadership
Illinois Congresswoman Lauren Underwood is the second African American woman to win a post on the House Democratic Leadership team. She was voted to one of three co-chair positions on the House Democr...
Dec 02, 2022 Cong. Lauren Underwood
LaSalle County fatal coronavirus cases top 500
The LaSalle County Health Department reports three more fatal coronavirus cases since the middle of last week. That brings the county to 502 and 1.4% of the total 35,399. New cases numbered 208 and re...
Dec 02, 2022
Update: Just over $49K raised for Ottawa Food Pantry during Freezin for a Reezin
Friday is the 14th annual Freezin for a Reezin. Money and food donations are being collected to benefit the Ottawa Community Food Basket. This year's event is different compared to last year. Food don...
Dec 02, 2022
Sen. Rezin says SAFE-T Act changes don't go far enough
Illinois Republican St. Sen. Sue Rezin of Morris says Democrats have done as little as possible to fix real problems within the Illinois SAFE-T Act. House Bill 1095 passed the Illinois Senate with a 3...
Dec 02, 2022
Gas station robbed in Mendota
Updated: Mendota police say someone armed with a handgun demanded money at the Clark gas station at Jefferson St. and 13th Ave. Thursday night. The crime happened at 6:37pm. The suspect wore a dark ma...
Dec 02, 2022 Photo of the Clark Gas robber on Dec. 1, 2022. Provided by Mendota Police Department.
Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen winners don't sit still much
The six winners of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award at a presentation in Ottawa yesterday aren't known for sitting around. Patricia Hopkins of D.A.R. read off long lists of ...
Dec 02, 2022 Left to right: Shay Wilcoxen (Woodland High), Abbigail Pierce (Streator High), Alexis Linder (Serena H.S.), Calvin Maierhofer (Seneca H.S.), Grace Carroll (Ottawa High), and Ella Biggins (Marquette Academy), Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award winners Dec. 1, 2022
Sixteen paintings depicting Jesus Christ's life will be set up again in Ottawa
Sixteen paintings depicting the Life of Jesus Christ have been put up in Washington Square Park by the Ottawa Freedom Association for the last thirty years. And Pres. Lloyd Chapman is looking for volu...
Dec 01, 2022
County nursing home gets new medical director; animal control gets new administrator
Two appointed LaSalle County government jobs got new appointees Thursday. The new Animal Control Administrator is Hoyt Rees. He has a two-year term and will be paid $25,000 for the first year. Rees wi...
Dec 01, 2022
Mendota man pleads guilty to strangling puppy to death
A Mendota man has pleaded guilty to strangling a four month old puppy to death. 20-year old Lucas Ramey will be back in court on January 19th for sentencing. LaSalle police were called to a home in th...
Dec 01, 2022 Lucas R. Ramey, LaSalle County jail photo