Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa City Council honors woman who helped start Friendship Village
Ottawa's City Council last week passed a proclamation honoring Jane McCormick for her 100th birthday, which is Sunday. December 11th. Her efforts to help her developmentally disabled son live on in Fr...
Dec 10, 2022 Jane McCormick, photo from Friendship House newsletter
St. Sen. Rezin says Sen. Bennett was a friend to everyone
St. Sen. Sue Rezin says St. Sen. Scott Bennett was "an amazing public servant and an even greater human being". She says she was in utter shock and disbelief when she heard of his sudden death. Bennet...
Dec 10, 2022 St. Sen. Scott Bennett, from the Illinois General Assembly
Tracy Morris to be next IVCC president
Tracy Morris is the candidate the Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees wants to hire to be the college's next president. Board chair Everett Solon says a special meeting will be called ...
Dec 10, 2022 IVCC President-Elect Tracy Morris. Photo courtesy of IVCC.
Grundy County Circuit Clerk appointed to new Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Domestic Violence
One of the new members of the Illinois Supreme Court's Committee on Domestic Violence is Grundy County Circuit Clerk Corri Trotter. Trotter was appointed to be on the committee until 2025. The committ...
Dec 10, 2022
Company wiring Oglesby for fiber-optic internet plans overhead lines
Surf Internet could offer high speed internet in Oglesby next year. Pat McCauley with the company told the City Council this past week, his teams can start installing fiber and equipment in February o...
Dec 10, 2022 Joel Olives / CC
Weekly COVID report: two more fatal cases, current and new cases down
Two more people have died from COVID-19 in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department reported that a man in his 70's and a woman in her 80's succumbed to the virus this week. That means the...
Dec 9, 2022
Ottawa Chamber to move into IVCC Ottawa Center
All the agreements are in place for the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce to move into the Illinois Valley Community College Ottawa Center. IVCC's Board of Trustees and the Ottawa City Council have appr...
Dec 9, 2022 WCMY file photo of the south entrance of the IVCC Ottawa Center
Christmas lighting safety: don't overload wires, keep real trees watered
Don't overload wires. That's some of the holiday lighting safety advice from the Ottawa Fire Department. Capt. Kevin Theis says wires can take only so much current before they get hot enough to start ...
Dec 9, 2022 Lima Pix / CC
Candidate filing about to start for April 4th consolidated elections
Candidates for school boards, city councils, and other local governments can start filing their petitions Monday. LaSalle County Clerk Jennifer Ebner says make sure you know how many signatures you ne...
Dec 9, 2022
Woman arrested in drug bust shooting case asks for intense probation for drug users
A Streator woman who was scheduled for trial in a drug bust shooting case next week is trying to work out a deal. The lawyer for 26-year old Alaina Cravatta asked Thursday for time to see if she can b...
Dec 8, 2022