Category Archives: WCMY News
52nd annual Burgoo Festival starts Saturday in Utica
The 52nd annual Burgoo Festival is this Saturday and Sunday. LaSalle County Historical Society Museum Director Amanda Carter says there will be 400 vendors on Saturday and close to 200 on Sunday in Ut...
Oct 03, 2022
Grant to pay for most of IVCC's next ag building
The U.S. Economic Development Administration is giving Illinois Valley Community College a $3.5 million grant. That will cover most of the cost of a new agriculture classroom. The college will spend $...
Oct 03, 2022 Proposed IVCC agriculture classroom and lab building. Image provided by IVCC
Ottawa recognized for celebrating its heritage
Ottawa earned special recognition in one category at the America in Bloom contest. The city earned the distinction in the Celebrating Heritage category. Two judges from America in Bloom visited the ci...
Oct 03, 2022
Circuit Clerk offers check for Peru police to try new ticketing software
LaSalle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro is trying to make police officers' jobs easier. Last week he offered the Peru Police Department a $12,000 check to install software called Digiticket into som...
Oct 03, 2022
Illinois St. Sen says abolishing cash bail in SAFE-T Act is an overreach
Illinois St. Sen. Jason Barickman says abolishing cash bail through the SAFE-T Act is an overreach. The Bloomington Republican says the way it reads will skew things more in favor of the accused rathe...
Oct 02, 2022
United Way Ottawa chapter does 31st annual Labor of Love
Volunteers of all skill levels helped repair and clean up homes in five communities in LaSalle County Saturday. The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County sent the volunteers to about two dozen homes in...
Oct 01, 2022
Unit two nuclear reactor at LaSalle Station powering up after four-day outage
LaSalle Station nuclear reactor unit two is powering up again. It went offline Monday after a small fire, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's incident report. The report says workers manu...
Oct 01, 2022 WCMY file photo of LaSalle Station nuclear power generation station
Streator ambulance service starts today
Streator's city-run ambulance service starts at 8am today. AMT's service is ending. The company says it can't afford to continue providing ambulance service from billing alone. Streator's city council...
Oct 01, 2022
United Way of the Illinois Valley gets $10,500 from Peru City Council
The United Way of the Illinois Valley got a $10,500 check from the city of Peru. The money came from donations from a golf tournament hosted by the city's Health and Wellness committee. City Human Res...
Oct 01, 2022
Streator man charged with attempted murder after Trident drug sting; accomplice given different charges
One person is facing attempted murder charges after a shot was fired at a Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Agent in Streator. Trident says an undercover agent was trying to purchase MDMA from 20-...
Sep 30, 2022