Category Archives: WCMY News
Underground utility locating taking longer than usual sometimes
In some parts of Illinois, it's taking longer than usual to get underground utility locations marked. Kevin Chmura, a spokesperson for JULIE or the Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators se...
Sep 01, 2022
Second person involved in mob action in Ottawa last year pleads guilty
An Ottawa man pleaded guilty Wednesday to beating up a girl and a boy in the area of Woodward Memorial and Albin Stevens Drive in Ottawa last year. 20-year old Damien Kwit was given two and a half yea...
Sep 01, 2022
Ameren warns of scammers demanding payment now via gift cards and cell phone apps
If someone claiming to be from a utility company calls you out of the blue and says your service will be shut off today if you don't pay your bill, you're being scammed. Ameren Illinois spokesman Bria...
Sep 01, 2022
Defense lawyer granted more time in compound bow and arrow murder case
When 29-year old Bradley French of Varna returns to a LaSalle County courtroom in September, it won't be for the murder re-trial that had been scheduled since May. His lawyer asked Wednesday for more ...
Aug 31, 2022
LIHEAP application period starts Thursday; it will cover water and sewer bills too this season
Tammy Saenz with Tri-County Opportunities Council says the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is paying for more than just gas and electric bills this season. It's covering water and sewer bill...
Aug 31, 2022
City of Peru increasing parking fines
Parking fines are going up in Peru. The city council approved raising regular parking tickets from ten to twenty dollars. Drivers will also pay more when it snows three or more inches because of the c...
Aug 31, 2022
Public gives input on Allen Park plan
Make the restrooms look better and move the dumpsters are some of the suggestions the public gave at an Allen Park plan meeting at Ottawa City Hall last night. The city's taking input to apply for a p...
Aug 31, 2022 Andy Howard (far right) of Hitchcock Design Group talks with the public at the Allen Park plan meeting on August 30, 2022.
Free breakfast and lunch allowed for Ottawa Elementary School students
The Illinois State Board of Education is allowing the Ottawa Elementary School District to serve free breakfast and lunch to all students this year. Supt. Michelle Lee says that means that all student...
Aug 30, 2022
Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum to expand
Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum Executive Director Mollie Perrot doesn't know yet how much it'll cost to expand the museum. But she says now's the time to get started. A 3,200 square fo...
Aug 30, 2022 BCA architecture firm's image of how the expanded OHASH museum might look
Streator woman accused of changing locks at house she illegally lived in
A Streator woman is accused of not renting the apartment she lived in, even though she changed the locks on the doors. Police say 54-year old Donna Casey-Schultz cut the lock off a house, moved in, an...
Aug 30, 2022 Jaye Haych / Unsplash