Category Archives: WCMY News

For the third week in a row, the LaSalle County Health Department reports no fatal COVID-19 cases. The number holds at 486 of 33,193 total cases for a local mortality rate of 1.46%. During the last we...

No one was hurt in a house fire in Streator Thursday night. The fire department says the person who lives in the house on N. Baker St. got out and called 911 from a neighbor's house. Fire fighters wer...

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...

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 ...

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...

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. ...

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 ...

(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...

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 ...

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...