Category Archives: WCMY News
Streator City Council favoring American Medical Response to staff ambulance service
The Streator City Council is looking to sign a contract with American Medical Response or AMR to staff the ambulance service they want to bring in house. Commissioner Jacob Darby explained why he thin...
Jun 21, 2022
Streator looking to move public works facility out of flood plain
The city of Streator wants to move its public works facility out of the flood plain. Mayor Tara Bedei says it would be moved from Murdock Street into the Knoedler Building at the corner of E. Broadway...
Jun 20, 2022
Cong. Kinzinger talks about threat against him and family, calls on churches to stop worshiping Trump
Someone who doesn't like Republican Cong. Adam Kinzinger calls him the devil and a pimp. Kinzinger posted the anonymous letter to his wife, who is also called a name that is blurred in the picture, bu...
Jun 20, 2022 Cong. Adam Kinzinger
Stabbing in Oglesby investigated, doesn't end Fun Fest
No arrests have been reported in connection with a stabbing in Oglesby Saturday night. The person was stabbed outside the Elks Club building and was taken to a hospital. The next day, city officials s...
Jun 20, 2022
Ottawa United Way chapter taking Labor of Love applications
October 1st will be the Labor of Love home repair day for the United Way of Eastern LaSalle County. Executive Director Shelli Ocepek wants lower income home owners to know they can apply now on forms ...
Jun 20, 2022 Before this kitchen gets a new floor, the old one must come out. (WCMY file photo of a Labor of Love project in Ottawa)
Utica hears best electric rates won't be found by shopping around
The bulk-buying of electricity, known as electric aggregation, isn't a good money saving model right now. Advisor Arnie Shramel from Progressive Energy Group told the Utica village trustees last week ...
Jun 19, 2022
New law lets students take dual credit college courses, even if they get only high school credit
A newly signed state law says high school students can take dual credit college courses, even if they're not eligible for the college credit. St. Sen. Sue Rezin hopes it leads to more course offerings...
Jun 19, 2022
New senior apartments to be built in Peru with state funding
The city of Peru is one of nineteen communities that will get new affordable housing from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The new Diamond Senior Living Apartments of Peru will be built by ...
Jun 18, 2022
Ottawa finds two buses for NCAT
North Central Area Transit can get some new buses after all. Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut says someone in this area who owns two buses built in 2019 bought them to sell to someone in Ala...
Jun 18, 2022
Weekly COVID-19 report: current cases down for second week
LaSalle County's weekly coronavirus report shows more improvement. No fatal cases were reported. New cases numbered 226; recoveries numbered 332. That brings the number of current cases down for the s...
Jun 17, 2022