Category Archives: WCMY News
About 26 LaSalle County communities receiving second round of state COVID relief dollars
At least 26 LaSalle County communities are getting about $10.9 million dollars in COVID relief dollars. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity says the second installment of $371...
Sep 15, 2022
State investigator unable to determine cause of Leonore house fire
The fire that destroyed a two-story house in Leonore Wednesday morning burned too much for an investigator to figure out how it started. Fire Chief Don Miller says an investigator from the State Fire ...
Sep 15, 2022
Six charged in Streator area drug dealing cases
The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team lately has been arresting a lot of people allegedly connected to the Streator drug dealing scene. Five people were arrested since last Thursday and one p...
Sep 15, 2022
Man convicted in LaSalle County child sex abuse case gets federal prison sentence
An Indianapolis man convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor in LaSalle County in 2013 is getting a federal prison sentence. 46-year old Darren Farris was required to register as a sex...
Sep 14, 2022 Larry Farr / Unsplash
Leonore home destroyed in fire
Nine fire departments helped put out a house fire in Leonore early this morning. The house was already fully burning and falling down when the first fire fighters got there. Someone noticed the flames...
Sep 14, 2022
Peru applying for ITEP grant to help pay for new pedestrian bridge
An Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program Grant could pay for building a pedestrian bridge over IL 251 in Peru. The city is applying for the grant which is due on September 30th. City Engineer Er...
Sep 14, 2022 Jonathan Cutrer / CC
City and PADS tweak homeless shelter deal
There are still adjustments in the works in the contract to sell Ottawa city-owned land to Illinois Valley PADS. The big concern is how fast a new homeless shelter could be built. So the contract wasn...
Sep 14, 2022 Illinois Valley PADS in Ottawa
Ottawa hires firm for fire department grant help
Ottawa City Hall will try for a grant to hire more fire fighters. Fire Chief Brian Bresner says the city should have 27 but has 23. Commissioner James Less says the Lexipol firm, which the council app...
Sep 14, 2022
Ottawa gets grant for downtown residential development
The city of Ottawa is getting a $75,000 state grant for an economic recovery plan. The state's announcement says the plan will focus on downtown residential development and short-term rentals. The cit...
Sep 14, 2022
Streator could approve ambulance service call prices and intergovernmental agreements
The Streator city council could approve an ordinance next Wednesday for how much it will cost for basic and advance medical calls for their ambulance service. Fire Chief Gary Bird recommends that basi...
Sep 14, 2022