Category Archives: WCMY News
Sheriff's investigator praised for heroic act while on his way to work
A LaSalle County Sheriff's Department investigator got some praise last week for something he did last month that wasn't part of an investigation. Tyson Szafranski hadn't even arrived at work for the ...
Jul 17, 2022
Truckers Against Trafficking warns against groomers getting to know your family
Someone you know could be grooming someone who's important to you to lure the person into prostitution. Truckers Against Trafficking Systems Administrator Susan Dold says many people are tricked into ...
Jul 17, 2022 Inside the Project Freedom Riders trailer, Truckers Against Trafficking tells about people forced into sex work and shows objects associated with it. Shown here are clothing from two victims.
I-80 bridge painting in Ottawa to cause traffic slowdowns
Traffic will be down to one lane on Interstate 80 eastbound at a spot between the two Ottawa exits for several weeks. The Illinois Department of Transportation says the bridges two miles east of Illin...
Jul 16, 2022
New abbot chosen at St. Bede Abbey
The monks of St. Bede Abbey chose a new abbot. Rev. Michael Calhoun is the ninth Abbot of St. Bede Abbey. Abbot comes from the Aramaic word abba for father. He's the head of the group of monks like th...
Jul 16, 2022 Abbot Michael Calhoun of St. Bede Abbey. Photo provided by St. Bede Abbey.
LaSalle County at high community COVID transmission level
As more people test positive for the coronavirus in LaSalle County, the county has moved into the high community transmission category. The county health department recommends wearing a mask indoors w...
Jul 15, 2022
Trial In ComEd Bribery Case Moved To March
(Chicago, IL) -- The trial for a longtime confidant of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and three others charged in the ongoing ComEd bribery case is being moved to next year. A federal j...
Jul 15, 2022
IVCC budget on file predicts $39 million in costs next FY
Illinois Valley Community College President Jerry Corcoran says the school is in sound financial shape. The proposed budget for the next school year predicts $37.5 million in revenue and $39 million i...
Jul 15, 2022
Slow charging for a fight: each side talks separately about courthouse generator standoff
Story by Rick Koshko and Steven Devine LaSalle County Board Chairman Don Jensen still wants to work out a friendly solution with Ottawa City Hall on where to put a generator outside the downtown court...
Jul 15, 2022 A proposed parking change would have all business parking on the courthouse side of Court St., no parking on the business side, and most parking for the courthouse on LaSalle St.
Streator woman accused of filing false police report in Ottawa gets new court date
A Streator woman accused of making a false police report in Ottawa was in Judge Cynthia Raccuglia's courtroom Thursday after being arrested on a warrant from November last year. The now 36-year old Sa...
Jul 14, 2022
Man accused in Marseilles teen overdose death gets new trial date
The Lake Barrington man accused of supplying a lethal dose of heroin and fentanyl to a Marseilles teen last year will be back in court in October. Public Defender Doug Kramarsic is looking to find a c...
Jul 14, 2022