Category Archives: WCMY News
Kinzinger asking Biden Administration for sanctions on key Syrian officials
Cong. Adam Kinzinger is asking Pres. Biden to sanction key Syrian officials. The Channahon Republican recently participated in a virtual conference with the Citizens for a Safe Secure America. The gro...
Jun 06, 2022 Cong. Adam Kinzinger
Hegeler Carus Foundation raising $2 million for new porch and stairs at mansion
The outside of the Hegeler Carus Mansion might look different right now. Executive Director Cindy Waddick says the horseshoe stairs and porch have been removed. She says when the stairs and porch were...
Jun 06, 2022
New bench at Marseilles City Hall honors Patti Smith, their first female mayor
A new bench in front of Marseilles City Hall honors their first female mayor. Patti Smith was mayor from 2011 to 2015. She died earlier this year at the age of 76. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says the idea f...
Jun 05, 2022
Ameren wants clean energy but says don't switch too fast
Company spokesman Tucker Kennedy says Ameren Illinois is all for new ways of generating electricity without burning coal and gas. But making the switch too soon is why energy supply prices are up. The...
Jun 05, 2022
Single vehicle accident kills two in Tonica
Two people are dead after a single vehicle accident in Tonica. The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to IL 251 just south of Pontiac St. Friday night. The accident is still und...
Jun 04, 2022
"Putt for History" fundraiser for Reddick Mansion returns next Saturday
The Reddick Mansion Association is once again hosting the "Putt for History" golf outing. It will be played in an eighteen-hole four person scramble style game that begins at 9am on Saturday, June 11t...
Jun 04, 2022 Chris Urbanowicz / CC
LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy counties receive more state money for infrastructure
About four million dollars in state grants will help infrastructure improvement projects in LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy Counties. LaSalle County is receiving about 1.9 million to build a Soldier Pile ...
Jun 04, 2022 Steve Johnson / CC
Weekly COVID update: current cases up again this week with one additional death
Current COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County went up again, but not as much as the week before. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 237 new cases for a total of 30,475 so far and 202 recoveries ...
Jun 03, 2022
Man pleading guilty to Ottawa robbery sorry for causing trouble
A Justice, Illinois man says he's sorry for the trouble he caused at the Oasis gas station in Ottawa at the end of February. Twenty-eight year old Kyle Buss is going to prison for a four-year term for...
Jun 03, 2022 LaSalle County jail mug shot of Kyle A. Buss
Streator Mayor announces time change for upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting
The time for this month's Streator Committee of the Whole Meeting has changed. Mayor Tara Bedei says the meeting will start at 6 pm instead of its normal time of 1:30 on Tuesday, June 14th. Bedei says...
Jun 03, 2022