Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa man takes 20-year prison sentence for child porn
Thirty-nine year old Shain Sennott of Ottawa is heading to prison for a 20-year sentence for downloading and copying child pornography. He pleaded guilty to three charges in a plea agreement in front ...
May 02, 2022
Kites in Flight returns for second year at Heritage Harbor
Kites in Flight is returning to Heritage Harbor for a second year. The event starts on Sunday, May 15th from 10 to 3pm. Donna Reynolds with the Ottawa Visitors Center says members from Chicago Kite wi...
May 02, 2022 Pamela Carls / CC
Illinois Waterway Visitors Center can help you get free National Park Service passes
The usual price of a one-year pass to parks in the National Park Service is $80. Military members and veterans can get one-year passes for free. Disabled people can get lifetime free passes. Fourth gr...
May 02, 2022 A free pass for a disabled person for entry to parks in the National Park Service. Photo on the pass by Steven Koehler, Yellowstone National Park
Cong. Kinzinger hopes former VP Pence testifies to Jan. 6 committee
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says former Vice President Mike Pence did the right thing last year. Pence didn't bow to pressure from Pres. Trump to disregard the electoral votes being counted on the day some T...
May 02, 2022 Cong. Adam Kinzinger
Cong. Kinzinger would authorize military force against Russia for certain actions
Cong. Adam Kinzinger proposed a bill to authorize Pres. Biden to use military force against Russia in certain circumstances. The proposal would allow it if Russia uses chemical, biological, or nuclear...
May 02, 2022
Mayor thinks lightning caused Peru Menards fire
The Menards store in Peru opened for business Sunday despite a fire early Sunday morning. The fire departments from Peru, Spring Valley, and LaSalle put it out. They went there at about 1:15am. Peru M...
May 02, 2022 Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski photo of the fire scene at Menards on Sunday, May 1, 2022. Photo from Facebook
More than 2,200 Ameren customers affected by outage in central LaSalle County
Update:As of 7:42am, Ameren reports nearly all customers' power is restored. A power outage started at about 4:50am today in Ottawa and parts of LaSalle County between Ottawa and Wedron. For some cust...
May 02, 2022
Roundabout construction starting
People have been talking about it for two or three years. This fall, they should actually have a roundabout to drive on as the U.S. 6 and Illinois 178 intersection north of Utica. The Illinois Departm...
May 02, 2022
About 1,700 IVCC students receive financial help
1,775 Illinois Valley Community College students got financial help from the college. Financial Aid Director Eric Johnson says about one million dollars is coming from Federal COVID relief money. To r...
May 01, 2022
Coronavirus cases up for second week
A man in his 80's is noted as LaSalle County's 468th fatal coronavirus case. His was the only death from the virus logged by the LaSalle County Health Department during the week. As of Friday, the cou...
Apr 30, 2022