Category Archives: WCMY News
No guarantees in world record quest
Skydive Chicago owner Rook Nelson says nothing's guaranteed in the world record vertical freefall formation attempt. Weather or a problem with an airplane could keep a flight from going up. So could a...
Aug 24, 2022 Image from a video on Skydive Chicago's Facebook page showing one of the record breaking formation attempts on Monday, August 22, 2022
Mokena man pleads guilty in murder for hire case in Kendall County
The Mokena man accused of trying to hire someone to kill the judge and a detective involved in his murder case while in jail has pleaded guilty. This is the second guilty plea from 30-year old Michael...
Aug 23, 2022
Marseilles looking for volunteers for committee to apply for cleanup grants
The city of Marseilles is looking for volunteers to join a committee created to get a US Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield grant. The committee needed to be formed before the city could apply...
Aug 23, 2022 Nabisco had a box making operation in this building from 1920 to 2002.
Help available for Mendota fire victims
None of the people who lived in the downtown Mendota apartments that burned were hurt. But those apartments are damaged beyond anything the people can live in again. Mendota area churches and the Amer...
Aug 23, 2022 City of Mendota picture of the fire in the 800 block of Main St. August 22, 2022
Judge Dismisses Class Action Lawsuit Against ComEd
(Springfield, IL) -- A federal appellate court judge is dismissing a 150-million-dollar class action lawsuit against ComEd and its parent company. Bloomberg reports the suit was filed over a bribery s...
Aug 23, 2022
Seneca High preparing to bid out gym project
Seneca High School Supt. Dan Stecken expects the new gym project to go out for bids next month. It'll cost an estimated $14 million. Local builders should get a big piece of it. The school board's not...
Aug 23, 2022
Skydivers aim to set new vertical freefall formation record
If more than 164 people can link up in formation while all of them are going down headfirst, they'll break a seven year old vertical skydiving record. That record was set at the Skydive Chicago airpor...
Aug 23, 2022 Image from a video on Skydive Chicago's Facebook page showing one of the record breaking formation attempts on Monday, August 22, 2022
Stubborn fire burns downtown Mendota buildings
A fire in the 800 block of Main St. in Mendota yesterday destroyed the insides of some buildings, including several apartments. Fire departments from more than a dozen communities helped Mendota fire ...
Aug 23, 2022 Picture from Northern Illinois Scanner Incidents of the fire in downtown Mendota. August 22, 2022. Used with permission.
City of LaSalle changing garbage haulers
Republic Services will no longer pick up trash in LaSalle. The city council approve a new contract with Lakeshore Recycling Services Monday. The new contract starts on February 1st of 2023. Mayor Jeff...
Aug 23, 2022 the blowup / Unsplash
Lessons learned at Children's Business Fair
Some things sell better than others, and that's one of the lessons the kids who participated in the Children's Business Fair in Ottawa learned. Aanya Agarwal has been to a business fair before. She kn...
Aug 22, 2022 Amen Acres, run by Ellie Maierhofer of Seneca, at the Children's Business Fair in Ottawa.