Category Archives: WCMY News
Thornton Park work is done
Except for the splash pad, Thornton Park is fully open. Ottawa City Hall says the splash pad is closed for the season. But the contractors finished with the ball courts and landscaping where the brick...
Oct 26, 2022 Thornton Park wind vane
Four-hour power outage affects Ottawa's south side
Ameren Illinois dealt with several power outages from Ottawa to central Illinois yesterday. The one in Ottawa affected more than 1,100 customers on the south side. The company hasn't replied to our re...
Oct 26, 2022 F Delventhal / CC
Ottawa Elementary School District gets its own magazine
Some Ottawa residents will be receiving a new magazine in their mail. The magazine titled Visions 141 focuses on what's happening in the Ottawa Elementary School District. Supt. Michelle Lee says the ...
Oct 26, 2022
Zontas domestic violence luminary walk happening in Ottawa this year
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And the Zonta Clubs of Ottawa, Streator, and LaSalle-Peru are once again having their annual domestic violence luminary walk. This year it will be in Otta...
Oct 25, 2022 David Skinner / CC
State struggling to find enough snow plow drivers
The Illinois Department of Transportation is having trouble filling all its seasonal job openings. There are about 300 openings for drivers who clear the highways when it snows. District 3 Operations ...
Oct 25, 2022 Oregon Department of Transportation / CC
Peru leaf vacuum program begins; leaf burning to be banned next year
Peru's leaf vacuum program started yesterday. Fire Chief Jeff King says it's on a Monday through Friday schedule repeating each week with a different neighborhood scheduled each day. He says it's a sa...
Oct 25, 2022
OGS to knock down two houses next to Jefferson Elementary School
Two houses owned by the Ottawa Elementary School District will be knocked down. The houses are located next to Jefferson Elementary School. The school board approved looking for bids to get contractor...
Oct 24, 2022
$3 million bond set for Sheridan shooting defendant
The man arrested at the end of a ten-hour standoff in Sheridan Saturday appears likely to stay behind bars while he faces charges. Fifty-five year old Jeffrey L. Plique told a public defender today, h...
Oct 24, 2022
COVID-19 surge happening again at LaSalle Veteran's Home
COVID-19 cases are going up again at the LaSalle veteran's home. The Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs says 23 staff and 42 residents have tested positive for the virus and have been moved into i...
Oct 24, 2022
Pair charged with fleeing police twice in Utica area
Felony charges are being considered against two people accused of fleeing from police twice Sunday evening in LaSalle County. Twenty-three year old Nicholas Greco of Hoffman Estates crashed his motorc...
Oct 24, 2022