Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa Elementary could end lease for new buses to pay outright
Ottawa Elementary School Supt. Cleve Threadgill says he recommends having the school board pay off two school buses rather than deal with interest from a lease. Threadgill says the district received a...
Jun 26, 2022
Campaign trail: Richard Irvin says governor will talk about abortion to avoid crime, corruption, and economy
Republican governor candidate Richard Irvin expects Gov. J.B. Pritzker to campaign heavily on keeping abortion available. Irvin says Pritzker has to distract from crime, corruption, and a failing econ...
Jun 25, 2022 Republican governor candidate Richard Irvin meets people at Honest Abe's Tap and Grill in Morris, Saturday, June 25, 2022
Fatal crash west of Streator
A car crossing Illinois 18 west of Streator Friday morning was hit by a truck. That was deadly for the car's passenger. The car's driver was flown to St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. The truck dr...
Jun 25, 2022
Ottawa man pleads to south side home burlgary
An 18-year old Ottawa man will get a prison sentence on a residential burglary charge. Dylan E. Combs pleaded guilty Friday. He admitted getting into a south side Ottawa home in November. A woman disc...
Jun 25, 2022
Ottawa Elementary Supt. Cleve Threadgill attends last meeting as superintendent
Ottawa Elementary School Supt. Cleve Threadgill participated in his last school board meeting Tuesday. He is retiring from the district after being the head of the district for eleven years. He says h...
Jun 25, 2022
Valley Immigrant Advocates director explains need for low cost immigration services
Although the office for Valley Immigrant Advocates started in 2020, Executive Director and Attorney John Breslin says he's been focusing on immigration law since 2017. Breslin says there was no one ar...
Jun 25, 2022 Fabian Fauth / Unsplash
Semi accident involves two IDOT trucks on Interstate 80 westbound Friday
A semi truck that lost control caused an accident with two Illinois Department of Transportation vehicles on Interstate 80 westbound. The accident happened about a mile east of Ottawa Friday. Illinois...
Jun 24, 2022 Rowdy Roddy
Unemployment holds nearly steady for area from April to May
Unemployment held nearly steady across the area from April to May, according to figures the state published today. For LaSalle County, the figure remained at 5.5%. For Bureau County, it climbed from 4...
Jun 24, 2022 Got Credit / CC
Local reaction to U.S. Supreme Court's abortion decision
Written by Rick Koshko and Steven Devine The Supreme Court decision against abortion rights at the federal level leaves it up to states to regulate. Andrew Moore of Stand for Life Ottawa says it opens...
Jun 24, 2022 File photo showing each side of the abortion issue in Washington Square in Ottawa during vigils in 2021.
LaSalle County coronavirus cases drop third week in a row
LaSalle County's number of current coronavirus cases that are known dropped to 1,384 this week. It's the third week in a row for the figure to drop. Recoveries numbered 256 and new cases 207. The coun...
Jun 24, 2022