Category Archives: WCMY News
Streator Police want to get ahead of SAFE-T Act and purchase body cameras
The Streator Police Department wants to get ahead of the Illinois SAFE-T Act and purchases police body cameras. The law requires that small police departments have the cameras by 2025. Deputy Chief Ro...
Nov 14, 2022
County Park Director to look for quotes to knock down Catlin House
LaSalle County Parks Director Ken Henze will look for quotes to knock down the Catlin House at Catlin Park. Henze told the County Board Property Committee last week that he wants to call Illinois Vall...
Nov 13, 2022
Submissions for Starved Rock Photography Show start Monday
The Annual Starved Rock Photography Show is returning for another year. It will be at the Starved Rock Visitors Center from Saturday, December 3rd to Sunday, January 8th. Anyone who wants to participa...
Nov 13, 2022 BAILEY MAHON / Unsplash
Two area Republicans supporting Tony McCombie for Illinois House GOP leader
Illinois House member Tony McCombie says she has enough support to become the next Illinois House GOP leader. The party will vote on the position Tuesday. Representative Ryan Spain of the 73rd Distric...
Nov 12, 2022 Ill. St. Rep. Tony McCombie
Streator Northlawn fifth grader a winner in water company art contest
A Streator Northlawn Junior High School student is a winner in the Illinois American Water art contest. The theme was "water keeps life flowing". Payton D. submitted a drawing called Everything Needs ...
Nov 12, 2022 Everything Needs Water by Payton D., a 5th grader at Streator's Northlawn school.
Election analysis: LaSalle County changed to lean Republican since last mid-term
LaSalle County leaned Republican in the election that just ended. The party's candidates for statewide offices got 51% to 56% of the votes in LaSalle County. During the last mid-term election in 2018,...
Nov 12, 2022
Veterans Day marked in Ottawa; Marine veteran speaker tells about sacrifices
Ottawa marked Veterans Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza near Veterans Memorial Bridge and with a ceremony at Washington Park. The main speaker was Robert Enriquez, a Honduran-born American w...
Nov 11, 2022 The Veterans Day ceremony in Ottawa's Washington Park in 2022
Ottawa High School theater department raising money due to inflation
Because of rising costs for materials to make costumes and sets, the Ottawa High School Theater Department is running a fundraiser. Sally Taliani with the theater departments says it's not like a fund...
Nov 11, 2022
Cedar Point man accused of molesting young relative in Wisconsin
Wisconsin police believe a Cedar Point man may have molested a young relative dozens of times over a one-year period before someone else learned about it. LaSalle County deputies arrested 38-year old ...
Nov 11, 2022 George E. Bond III, LaSalle County jail photo
Weekly report: LaSalle County COVID cases rise for 3rd week in a row
LaSalle County remains at low community spread level for COVID-19, according to the CDC. The county health department reports 159 new cases and 94 recoveries since last Friday. That's the third week i...
Nov 11, 2022