Category Archives: WCMY News
Body of man pulled from Fox River in Ottawa
The body of a man was pulled from the Fox River in Ottawa Tuesday evening. Ottawa Detective Sgt. Kyle Booras says the incident happened near the 100 block of E. Jefferson St. after someone reported th...
Jun 29, 2022
GOP's Bailey to face Pritzker in race for Illinois governor
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Republicans have chosen conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey to take on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker for governor this fall. Bailey defeated five other Republicans on Tuesday...
Jun 29, 2022 Governor candidate Darren Bailey with lieutenant governor candidate Stephanie Trussell
Waiting to see if Win won in Illinois Senate 37th GOP primary
Updated with Win Stoller's response to the results The winner in the Illinois Senate 37th district Republican primary appears to be Win Stoller. He's an incumbent and faced challenger Brett Nicklaus. ...
Jun 29, 2022 St. Sen. Win Stoller
Sanitary district will dissolve; school districts will not combine
While a sanitary district will be dissolved, two school districts won't be combined. Voters in the Serena Township voted 15-1 to dissolve the sanitary district that was never used for its purpose. And...
Jun 29, 2022 The Adams Township Hall in Leland, a polling place on June 28, 2022
Republican picked to run for LaSalle County Clerk
Republican Jennifer Ebner will run for LaSalle County Clerk against Democrat Lori Bongartz in November. Ebner beat fellow Republican opponent Steven Stohr by 445 votes in the primary elections. Bongar...
Jun 29, 2022
Republicans name Fritts, Tipsword, and Davis in Illinois House primaries
Republican Jed Davis, the school board president at Parkview Christian Academy in Yorkville, says he's grateful to everyone for his primary win. That includes the man he beat in the 75th Illinois Hous...
Jun 29, 2022 Matt Turner / CC
Republican county board primary results
LaSalle County Board incumbent Jerry Myers lost in the primary election in the 28th district against fellow Republican Matt Slager. Myers tried to run as a write in. In other Republican primary board ...
Jun 29, 2022
Scott Gryder wins GOP 14th Congressional primary; Darin LaHood wins 16th
Scott Gryder is the winner of a five-way Republican primary in the 14th Congressional district. He'll go up against incumbent Democrat Lauren Underwood. The district will cover northern LaSalle County...
Jun 29, 2022 Scott Gryder, candidate for Congress
Prairie Fox Books hosting first ever Children's Business Fair
Prairie Fox Books in Ottawa will host the first ever Children's Business Fair. Dylan Conmy with Prairie Fox Books said on WCMY's Morning Meeting that the event will give kids in grades one to twelve t...
Jun 28, 2022
Low turnout for a summertime primary
Most election judges who spoke to WCMY News this morning said turnout was low. For primaries, that's not unusual. An election judge at Serena Township Hall didn't seem to understand the question about...
Jun 28, 2022 Voters at the Knights of Columbus in Ottawa June 28, 2022