Category Archives: WCMY News
Peru approves $854,000 Schweickert Stadium improvement project
A bigger grandstand, new press box, and new seats will be installed at Schweickert Stadium at Veterans Park in Peru. Stadium improvement company Dant Clayton will expand the grandstand and move the pr...
Jun 07, 2022
Single vehicle motorcycle crash claims Streator man's life
A single vehicle motorcycle crash early Sunday morning has taken the life of a Streator man. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says 51-year old Eric A. Davis was driving his motorcycle at the intersec...
Jun 06, 2022
Tonica crash victims identified
Family and friends of 24-year old Thomas Jacob Michael Christmann of LaSalle and 21-year old Allyson M. Murray of Tiskilwa have been notified that theirs were the lives claimed in a one-vehicle traffi...
Jun 06, 2022
Recorder of Deeds reminds people of veteran discount program
LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds Karen Miller says about 30 businesses in the county are registered with the Honor Rewards program. They give discounts on some merchandise and services to veterans who...
Jun 06, 2022
Marseilles adopts hotel motel tax if hotel moves in after I-80 extension
Getting ready for businesses after the water and sewer project is completed; Marseilles has adopted a hotel motel tax. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says the city didn't have the tax before because the city ha...
Jun 06, 2022
Illinois Expanding Use Of Expressway Cameras
(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois is expanding the use of expressway cameras. Governor Pritzker two pieces of legislation to increase the number of cameras in certain counties, including Boone, Champaign, Gru...
Jun 06, 2022
Kinzinger asking Biden Administration for sanctions on key Syrian officials
Cong. Adam Kinzinger is asking Pres. Biden to sanction key Syrian officials. The Channahon Republican recently participated in a virtual conference with the Citizens for a Safe Secure America. The gro...
Jun 06, 2022 Cong. Adam Kinzinger
Hegeler Carus Foundation raising $2 million for new porch and stairs at mansion
The outside of the Hegeler Carus Mansion might look different right now. Executive Director Cindy Waddick says the horseshoe stairs and porch have been removed. She says when the stairs and porch were...
Jun 06, 2022
New bench at Marseilles City Hall honors Patti Smith, their first female mayor
A new bench in front of Marseilles City Hall honors their first female mayor. Patti Smith was mayor from 2011 to 2015. She died earlier this year at the age of 76. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says the idea f...
Jun 05, 2022
Ameren wants clean energy but says don't switch too fast
Company spokesman Tucker Kennedy says Ameren Illinois is all for new ways of generating electricity without burning coal and gas. But making the switch too soon is why energy supply prices are up. The...
Jun 05, 2022