Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Illinois 14th Congresswoman gets endorsed by Social Security Works PAC in Ottawa
Illinois 14th District Cong. Lauren Underwood says she is very pleased to be endorsed by the Social Security Works PAC. The PAC held an event at the LaSalle County Democratic Headquarters in Ottawa Sa...
Oct 24, 2022
Grant application period open for Arts of Starved Rock Country fund
The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation is taking applications for art program support. Schools, libraries, and non-profit groups can apply for funds through December 1. The foundation has suppl...
Oct 23, 2022
IVCC theatre department returns with MAME!
The Illinois Valley Community College theater department is getting ready to put on its first major musical in three years. It will be MAME! It's the story of a woman who lives an extravagant lifestyl...
Oct 23, 2022
Standoff in Sheridan ends peacefully with suspect in custody
Update: LaSalle County Sheriffs says the suspect was 55-year old Jeffery L. Plique. Sheriff's say that house that Plique drove to was his. He'll have a bond hearing Monday. The standoff between...
Oct 22, 2022