Category Archives: WCMY News
IHSA pork chop sandwich contest returns
High schools that sell pork chop sandwiches at their football games can enter the Illinois High School Association's Pork and Pigskins Championship contest again starting Monday. Normal Community High...
Aug 13, 2022 Houston Foodie / CC
Austrian police go on patrol with Ottawa officers
Two police officers from Europe got to see how policing is done in a small city in America. Officers Elisabeth Dengler and Heinz Petternel are from Vienna and work for Austrian State Police. They were...
Aug 13, 2022 Left to right: Officers Matt Najdanovich, Elisabeth Dengler, Steve Hopkins, and Heinz Petternel. Dengler and Petternel work for the Austrian State Police (Landespolizeidirektion) and visited Ottawa's police department while in the area for a family reunion. Photo from Ottawa Police Dept.
Three year prison sentence given to Ottawa man for identity theft
LaSalle County Judge Cynthia Raccuglia sentenced an Ottawa man to three years in prison for aggravated identity theft Thursday. 46-year old Timothy Rodrick pleaded guilty to the charge last month. He ...
Aug 12, 2022
Weekly COVID statistics: LaSalle County back at high level despite no deaths and fewer current cases
The LaSalle County Health Department has reported no new deaths from the coronavirus for the second week in a row. And recoveries outnumbered new cases for the second week in a row. Nevertheless, the ...
Aug 12, 2022
Ottawa man sentenced to four years in prison for residential burglary
An Ottawa man was sentenced to four years in prison Friday. 18-year old Dylan Combs pleaded guilty to residential burglary two months ago in Judge H. Chris Ryan's courtroom. After his prison sentence,...
Aug 12, 2022
Deer hunting to be allowed again at Catlin Park
Streator Republican LaSalle County Board member Jerry Myers cast the only vote against allowing deer hunting at Catlin Park. He thinks the county will be in trouble if someone gets hurt. The park will...
Aug 12, 2022
Rate increase of about $300 per month approved for LaSalle County Nursing Home
Staying at the LaSalle County Nursing Home will cost about $300 more per month starting in December. The County Board approved a $10 per day increase for each room rate. That brings the charges to $20...
Aug 12, 2022
More time to ask for LaSalle County's COVID-relief funds
Some organizations claim they didn't know about LaSalle County having $21 million in pandemic relief funding to give away until it was too late to apply. So the board yesterday reopened the applicatio...
Aug 12, 2022
Illinois Republican Congressional and Senate candidates say Inflation Reduction Act will not help Americans
The U.S House of Representatives will be voting on a version of the Inflation Reduction Act that passed the senate last Sunday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it would be done Friday. Republican cand...
Aug 12, 2022 Kathy Salvi (left) is the Republican challenger running to unseat U.S Senator Tammy Duckworth. Scott Gryder (right) is running to unseat U.S Congresswoman Lauren Underwood in the newly drawn Illinois House 14th Congressional District.
Streator resident wants city ordinance changed to allow hens
An ordinance in Streator doesn't allow any livestock on property inside the city limits. Resident Robert Johnson wants to change that. He says he would like the city to add an exception for hens. He s...
Aug 11, 2022 Mary and Andrew / CC