Category Archives: WCMY News
Local artist produces unique baskets with wire, animal bones, and snake skins
When Suzanne Shafer-Wilson finds animal bones and snake skins, she thinks about the art she can produce with them. They have become features in the baskets she has made for more than 30 years. Her fir...
WCMY News Aug 19, 2022 Photo from Suzanne Shafer-Wilson's website of a basket she made from bone and wire
IVCC budget expects more pandemic relief revenue and expenses
Illinois Valley Community College's Board of Trustees has approved a budget with expected revenue of $37.5 million. It anticipates a revenue increase of 8%. Most of that is because of $4.1 million in ...
WCMY News Aug 19, 2022
Senator Tammy Duckworth emphasizes need for IRA after tour of Marquis Inc
Illinois U.S Senator Tammy Duckworth says the Inflation Reduction Act will help companies like Marquis Inc. She toured the energy company in Hennepin Thursday along with U.S Deputy Secretary of Energy...
WCMY News Aug 19, 2022 Illinois U.S Senator Tammy Duckworth, U.S Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk, and Marquis Inc. CEO Mark Marquis speak outside the company's headquarters in Hennepin, IL Thursday.
Buffalo Rock State Park to stay open next week despite closure announcement
Buffalo Rock State Park will stay open next week. A message from the Illinois Department of Transportation issued Wednesday said it would close next week for retaining wall work on the entrance road. ...
WCMY News Aug 18, 2022 WCMY photo of the buffalo Cocoa and her baby at Buffalo Rock State Park in 2021
Applicants wanted for police officer jobs
For those considering careers as police officers, you could get your start in Ottawa. You have to be at least 21 years old and you can't be older than 35. There are other requirements, such as having ...
WCMY News Aug 18, 2022
ComEd Refunding $38M To Customers For Role In Bribery Case
(Chicago, IL) -- ComEd customers will be receiving part of a 38-million-dollar refund due to a bribery investigation linked to the utility company. The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the refund...
News Aug 18, 2022
Public warned during search in Streator
Updated at 7:09am Police are looking for a 25-year old Peoria man accused of dealing meth, running into a LaSalle County deputy with a vehicle, ramming a Streator police car, and running away after a ...
WCMY News Aug 18, 2022 Jerome Alexander, Jr.
Peoria County jail picture
City of Marseilles looking to improve Broadway Park
The city of Marseilles wants to improve Broadway Park. The city council approved considering a proposal from Hitchcock Design Group to develop the project. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says the improvements w...
WCMY News Aug 18, 2022 Broadway Park in Marseilles.
Ottawa High superintendent says the next budget is the best he's ever presented
For the third year in a row, there's a surplus in the Ottawa High School education fund budget. Supt. Mike Cushing says it's up to $1.5 million which will help OHS continue making up for 12 years of d...
WCMY News Aug 17, 2022
Oglesby approves placing quote on file for fixing water well pump
The city of Oglesby approved placing a $14,710 quote on file from the Great Lakes Water Resource group for fixing a water well pump. Commissioner Jason Curran says the quote is not the exact amount it...
WCMY News Aug 17, 2022
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