Category Archives: WCMY News
Prospect League team season ends; Ottawa High grad looks forward to more baseball
Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp baseball players are packing up to head home after a season-ending loss to the Chillicothe, Ohio Paints for the Eastern Conference championship last night. Evan Evola of ...
Aug 10, 2022 Evan Evola
Creating a maker's lab is next step for Streator Incubator building
The Streator Incubator building will be getting a maker's lab thanks to a $948,000 federal grant from the U.S Economic Development Administration the city received last month. City Manager David Plyma...
Aug 09, 2022
LaSalle County residents being surveyed about land use issues
LaSalle County residents and land owners are asked to take a survey. The LaSalle County Land Use Department says it's for updating the county's comprehensive plan. The survey asks about zoning, mining...
Aug 09, 2022
Foundation providing grant money looking to expand services in Seneca
The Seneca Civic Fund is looking for nonprofits who need grant money to provide services. The fund was created by Peg Davis who was a lifetime resident of the Seneca area. The organization has given o...
Aug 09, 2022
LaSalle residents feedback eliminates one route for LaSalle Link project
Ameren Illinois Spokesperson Kim Gross says one of the alternative routes for the LaSalle Link project will not be considered after receiving feedback from residents in LaSalle. A route on a map that ...
Aug 09, 2022 File photo of the Corbin electrical substation in Oglesby
Children's Business Fair draws 22 entries
The Prairie Fox Books Children's Business Fair will be from 10am to 2pm Saturday, August 13 in Ottawa's Washington Park. Organizer Dylan Conmy says 22 businesses are signed up, ready to be judged for ...
Aug 08, 2022
LaSalle County committee recommends increasing room rates at county nursing home
The LaSalle County Nursing Home and VAC committee is recommending increasing room rates at the LaSalle County Nursing Home. Private rooms would increase from $197 to $207. Semi-private rooms would go ...
Aug 08, 2022
Honor and Remember flag given to daughter of Marine killed in Iraq
Kyra Coyle-Desilets of E. Peoria was just three years old in 2007 when her father, Marine Lance Corporal Benjamin Desilets, was killed in Iraq. On Saturday in Marseilles, she got an Honor and Remember...
Aug 08, 2022 The Marine Lance Corporal Benjamin Desilets Honor and Remember Flag is shown to the audience at the Middle East Conflicts Museum in Marseilles Saturday, August 6, 2022
Bond set at $5 million for teen arrested in random Morris murder
Bond was set at $5 million for a 16-year old boy accused of murdering a Shorewood woman in Morris Thursday. Cortez Rice could face up to 40 years in prison if he's convicted. Grundy County State's Att...
Aug 08, 2022
No updates on Ransom area search for armed man
Whoever was being looked for in a farm field southeast of Ransom, the LaSalle County Sheriff's Department hasn't said yet. Nor has any information come out about what happened when police reported pos...
Aug 08, 2022