Category Archives: WCMY News
Single vehicle accident kills two in Tonica
Two people are dead after a single vehicle accident in Tonica. The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to IL 251 just south of Pontiac St. Friday night. The accident is still und...
Jun 04, 2022
"Putt for History" fundraiser for Reddick Mansion returns next Saturday
The Reddick Mansion Association is once again hosting the "Putt for History" golf outing. It will be played in an eighteen-hole four person scramble style game that begins at 9am on Saturday, June 11t...
Jun 04, 2022 Chris Urbanowicz / CC
LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy counties receive more state money for infrastructure
About four million dollars in state grants will help infrastructure improvement projects in LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy Counties. LaSalle County is receiving about 1.9 million to build a Soldier Pile ...
Jun 04, 2022 Steve Johnson / CC
Weekly COVID update: current cases up again this week with one additional death
Current COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County went up again, but not as much as the week before. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 237 new cases for a total of 30,475 so far and 202 recoveries ...
Jun 03, 2022
Man pleading guilty to Ottawa robbery sorry for causing trouble
A Justice, Illinois man says he's sorry for the trouble he caused at the Oasis gas station in Ottawa at the end of February. Twenty-eight year old Kyle Buss is going to prison for a four-year term for...
Jun 03, 2022 LaSalle County jail mug shot of Kyle A. Buss
Streator Mayor announces time change for upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting
The time for this month's Streator Committee of the Whole Meeting has changed. Mayor Tara Bedei says the meeting will start at 6 pm instead of its normal time of 1:30 on Tuesday, June 14th. Bedei says...
Jun 03, 2022
What looked and sounded like an explosion in the sewer wasn't
A loud pop some people heard in the area of Champlain and Joliet streets in Ottawa late yesterday morning was a steam bag bursting. It also looked like smoke was coming out of sewer through the street...
Jun 03, 2022
LaSalle County EMA director denied permission to ask for command vehicle grant
The County Board Public Safety Committee doesn't see it this way, but LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Director Fred Moore wishes he had an incident command bus. Two big fires in the last we...
Jun 03, 2022
Hegeler Carus summer concerts start Friday
The Hegeler Carus Foundation is once again having their summer concerts. The first concert is Friday, June 3rd starting at 6:30. Executive Director Cindy Waddick says the first band of the season Vall...
Jun 02, 2022
Timing can affect a lot in replacement of state's attorney
When the process of naming the next LaSalle County State's Attorney starts depends on when the current one turns in his resignation. County Board Chairman Don Jensen says as of Wednesday afternoon, he...
Jun 02, 2022 La Salle County States Atorney Todd Martin speaks to the jury during opening statements in the trial of Donald Fredres in the courtroom at the La Salle County Government Complex on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in Ottawa. Martin is leading the case for the prosecution.