Category Archives: WCMY News
Marseilles to try for cleanup grants at three sites
Marseilles is spending $7,500 with Fehr Graham Engineering to start a brownfield study at the Nabisco building, the old Washington School, and a third place Mayor Jim Hollenbeck isn't ready to name be...
Jul 20, 2022 The former Washington School in Marseilles has sat unused for about 30 years.
NCAT looks at going electric
North Central Area Transit is asking the state for money to buy electric buses and solar panels. Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut says the city will apply for a $500,000 grant for NCAT. He h...
Jul 20, 2022
Weapon and child porn charges filed against Streator man
A 33-year old Streator man whose home was being searched for child pornography was also charged with illegally having guns. Elliott L. Allen, Jr. has a felony record, so he's not allowed to have guns....
Jul 20, 2022 Elliott Allen, Jr., picture from LaSalle County Jail
Utica Police stop apparent kidnapping during traffic stop
A 38-year old St. Charles woman claimed that a Yorkville man kidnapped her after Utica Police pulled her car over Tuesday afternoon. Police Chief Rodney Damron says the car driven by 39-year old Shawn...
Jul 20, 2022 Shawn G. Strahota, Kendall County jail photo
Protective scaffolding ordered for former Maytag building to protect public from falling bricks
The former Maytag building at 801 to 805 First St. in LaSalle is a danger to pedestrians. City Hall says developer CL Enterprises will install scaffolding to make a tunnel for people to walk through o...
Jul 20, 2022 The Maytag building in downtown LaSalle, under renovation by CL Enterprises
Ottawa to get new outdoor fitness court
Two parks in Ottawa are being considered for the placement of an outdoor fitness area. City Commissioner Marla Pearson says the National Fitness Campaign is providing $50,000 and the city's putting in...
Jul 20, 2022 The Walsh Park fitness course soon won't be the only one in Ottawa.
OES board continues discussion on heating and cooling Lincoln Elementary School
The price to install some kind of heating and cooling system at Lincoln Elementary School is expected to continue to go up. That's what Architect Bill Taylor told the Ottawa Elementary School Board at...
Jul 20, 2022 WCMY file photo of Lincoln Elementary School.
Man dies of injuries after electric shock accident near Streator
Twenty-two year old Seth Durand of Roanoke has died at a Springfield Hospital after the electric shock accident that knocked him and four other men off ladders at a home northwest of Streator. It has ...
Jul 19, 2022 Seth Durand, picture from Double L Seamless Gutters social media post
Oglesby rule update: cross dressing okay as long as you're wearing something
Cross-dressing is allowed in Oglesby now. City Attorney Patrick Barry says the ban was unconstitutional. Showing too much of what clothing is supposed to conceal is still prohibited. The question of w...
Jul 19, 2022
Grundy County public defender appointed judge
Grundy County Public Defender Gary Dobbs will be Judge Dobbs in two weeks. He's been appointed to fill the term of Lance Peterson, who's moving up to the Third District Appellate Court. The term ends ...
Jul 19, 2022