Category Archives: WCMY News

For the second year in a row, Taste of the Illinois Valley is returning to Centennial Park in Peru. It this Thursday and Friday from 4pm to 10pm and Saturday from 11am to 10pm. Parks Director Adam Tho...

Former LaSalle County State's Attorney Todd Martin told the County Board today, he never imagined he'd resign from the job he started working hard to get more than two years ago. But the chance to bec...

Ottawa's Riverfest celebration has reverted to Friendship Days. There will be a kids fishing rodeo, arts and crafts sales, a dance show, and the Touch-a-Truck event. There won't be a carnival or parad...

The Peru City Council is discussing whether the police department or private security should be at all future Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp games. Police Chief Robert Pyszka says there have been five ...

Two Oglesby police officers who were shot at in December 2020 were given special recognition last night. Police Chief Doug Hayse honored officers Jack Barnes and Evan Duttlinger. They checked out a re...

A hair that wasn't Chester Weger's clears his name, according to his attorneys. Attorney Andy Hale told Judge Michael C. Jansz Monday that DNA testing done on a hair found on one of the gloves of one ...

So many people registered for the Trevor Till memorial 5K run-walk last year, Till's mom is trying to accommodate them a day before the event this year. Last year's race results show 377 participants....

The LaSalle County Health Department is recognizing National Immunization Awareness month by reminding people they can get shots for various protection through the department. This is the time of year...

A Joliet man facing attempted murder charges for shooting a Grundy County deputy last year has been moved from the Kendall County jail to the LaSalle County jail. Nineteen year old Demarcus Denwiddie ...

A fundraising event in downtown Ottawa next month will be the Walk to End Alzheimer's. Senior Manager Kayli Lavelle says it'll go from the Jordan block to Washington Square and back on Saturday, Septe...