Category Archives: WCMY News
Update: U.S 6 back open after fire at KFC in LaSalle
U.S 6 is open to traffic again in LaSalle after it was rerouted due to the fire at the KFC restaurant on 3rd St. early Tuesday morning. LaSalle Fire Department Engineer Hunter Thurman says the cause o...
Jun 28, 2022 KFC LaSalle fire June 28, 2022. Picture by Jody Henry of LaSalle
Slow progress continues with downtown LaSalle buildings
Some LaSalle City Council members are still frustrated with what little has been done with the Kaskaskia Hotel and Maytag Building. CL Enterprises is trying to turn the Maytag Building into a restaura...
Jun 28, 2022 A fence has been put around the front of the Kaskaskia Hotel after being inspected by LaSalle City Building Inspector Andy Bacidore and CL Enterprises.
3 killed, dozens hurt in Amtrak train crash in Missouri
MENDON, Mo. (AP) - Three people were killed and dozens others were injured Monday when an Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck and derailed in a remote, rur...
Jun 28, 2022 Richard Eriksson / CC
Dog shot and wounded after it charged at Peru police officer
A Peru police officer shot and wounded a dog after it charged at him. Police Chief Robert Pyszka says the officer fired his gun out of fear. He was not bitten. The incident happened in the 700 block o...
Jun 27, 2022
Streator area crash claimed 23-year old woman's life
The woman who died in a traffic crash west of Streator Friday morning was a 23-year old from Streator. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says Monica Villalobos was a front seat passenger in a car that...
Jun 27, 2022
Marseilles ministers open community center
Sometimes church folk do their best work outside the church building. Marseilles Community Ministerial Association President Troy Tvrdik says the eight churches in the association started a community ...
Jun 27, 2022 The new Marseilles Community Ministerial Association's community center on its open house day Saturday, June 25, 2022
Attorney general candidate Steve Kim says crime is out of control
Republican Attorney General candidate Steve Kim doesn't see anything good in the SAFE-T Act. He says cash bail will end in 2023, and it'll be a lot harder to enforce some laws, for example, trespassin...
Jun 27, 2022
Four hurt in fiery crash southeast of Earlville
Four people were hurt in a traffic crash southeast of Earlville yesterday afternoon, including an Ottawa woman who couldn't get out of a burning car. LaSalle County deputies say bystanders got 78-year...
Jun 27, 2022
Serena area residents could end sanitary district in primary election
A referendum on the ballot in the Serena Township will ask if about ninety residents if they want to dissolve a sanitary district. Attorney Jack Cantlin says the district was formed because the Enviro...
Jun 27, 2022
Ottawa Elementary could get epinephrine pens through grant
The Ottawa Elementary School District could receive a grant to have epinephrine pens available for students who don't know if they are allergic to something. Board Member Mark Fischer says the Illinoi...
Jun 26, 2022