Category Archives: WCMY News

(Springfield, IL) -- Officials with NASA say several Illinois cities will enjoy the longest period for the eclipse among all American cities. NASA projects several cities in Southern Illinois will see...

(Springfield, IL) -- A group of Illinois lawmakers from both sides of the aisle wants to make a program that helps farmers and small food producers a permanent program. The Local Food Infrastructure G...

(Springfield, IL) -- State public health officials say levels of the respiratory virus remain flat across Illinois. Meanwhile, cases of COVID-19 continue to fall. Health officials say the flu season c...

During a recent operation, the Illinois State Police conducted checks at several establishments across La Salle County to determine compliance with alcohol sales regulations, with five businesses fail...

OTTAWA, IL - During the first full week of April each year, the American Public Health Association (APHA) brings together communities across the US to observe National Public Health Week. National Pub...

The Powerball jackpot is getting close to a billion dollars after there was no grand prize winner in last night's drawing. The Wednesday night jackpot was worth 865 million dollars, but nobody matched...

At the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce State of the Cities event held on Wednesday, leaders from Spring Valley, La Salle, Peru, Utica, Oglesby, Ottawa, and Streator convened to share their cities'...

Twenty-one years have passed since Dalton Mesarchik was reported missing to the Streator Police Department. Tragically, on March 27th, 2004, the 7-year-old's lifeless body was discovered by a fisherma...

(Louisville, KY) -- Two books checked out from a Louisville, Kentucky library nearly a century ago have finally been returned. "Famous Composers and Their Works" and "First Russian Book" are now back ...