Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa Fire Department to replace educational smoke trailer with inflatable house
A $1000 donation from the Ottawa Walmart will help the Ottawa Fire Department purchase a new smoke house to help children learn how to escape a fire. Captain Kevin Theis says the smoke trailer that th...
Nov 24, 2022
October unemployment crept up
If you worked in this area year ago and were laid off in the meantime, you most likely worked in the trade-transportation-utilities or educational and health services sector. The Illinois Department o...
Nov 24, 2022 Got Credit / CC
Weekly COVID report: no new deaths, current cases down
The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting no new fatal cases from COVID-19 this week. Current cases aren't as high as last week. But the health department is releasing the COVID numbers a few ...
Nov 23, 2022
Salvation Army's giant red kettle isn't just for show
When Salvation Army volunteers ring bells for the annual fundraiser, they take small red kettles with them. That's the kind of kettle you probably put money in if you supported the cause when there wa...
Nov 23, 2022 WCMY file photo of the Salvation Army's giant red kettle at Handy Foods
Mendota police investigating armed robbery
Mendota Police continue to investigate an armed robbery that happened Tuesday evening. Police Chief Greg Kellen says a vehicle pulled up alongside a man in the area of Wisconsin Ave. and Chicago St. T...
Nov 23, 2022 Marco Verch / CC
UPDATED: Death investigation underway in Mendota
Updated at 7:47am Tuesday: Mendota police say two people were found dead in a home in the 300 block of 9th Ave. Tuesday afternoon. Austin P. Sessler was 24 years old. Cameron P. Given was 19. Both are...
Nov 23, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Ottawa Fire Department offering cooking safety tips so they don't have to come to your house for Thanksgiving
Ottawa Fire Department Public Education Coordinator Kevin Theis wants to keep a streak going. He says he's been called to a fire involving a person deep-frying their turkey in years. And he wants to m...
Nov 23, 2022
$11.8 million in bids approved for Seneca High gym project
Some Seneca High School basketball players were practicing at 6am last week. Supt. Dan Stecken says that'll change when a new gym is built and there's room for all the school's athletes to practice in...
Nov 22, 2022 Image from Wold Architects of how the Seneca High School gym may look inside
Judge says delays in bow-and-arrow murder retrial are getting irritating
A LaSalle County judge says the delays are starting to get irritating, but he granted another this morning in the bow-and-arrow murder retrial for Bradley French. French's lawyer, Maureen Williams, sa...
Nov 22, 2022
Illinois families to again pay more this year for Thanksgiving dinner
American Farm Bureau Federation Economic Specialist Veronica Nigh says Thanksgiving dinner is going to cost even more this year. Overall feeding ten people will cost about $64. That's up by about $10 ...
Nov 22, 2022 Jason Leung / Unsplash