Category Archives: WCMY News
Salaries set for sheriff, county clerk, and treasurer for 2022-2026 terms
The LaSalle County Sheriff, County Clerk, and Treasurer salaries have been set for December 2022 to November 2026. State law requires that they be set at least 180 days before the new terms start, so ...
Apr 17, 2022
Car seat safety check events at Peru police station
Parents who need to make sure their children's safety seats are properly installed in their cars can do it during two events in LaSalle County later this month. The Peru Police Department is hosting o...
Apr 17, 2022 Baby boy buckled in car seat
IVCC announces elected members of Student Government Association
After this year's sophomore elections, the Illinois Valley Community College Student Government Association has new representatives. Nicolette Kendall of Streator was elected president of the associat...
Apr 16, 2022
St. Rep. Ryan Spain says judicial campaign finance reform is hypocritical
A bill that started as a crime prevention measure got changed into a campaign finance reform bill. Republican St. Rep. Ryan Spain of Peoria objected this month to the bill's limits on campaign contrib...
Apr 16, 2022 Illinois St. Rep. Ryan Spain
License plate reading cameras will be installed in Grundy County
Ten license plate reading cameras are being installed in Grundy County. Sheriff Ken Briley says the department will install them in the three phases starting on the east side. The department is workin...
Apr 15, 2022 Beatrice Murch / CC
Texas woman arrested for alleged fraud attempt at bank in Streator
A Texas woman is charged with trying to commit fraud at a bank in Streator. Police arrested 46-year old Samantha R. Blanco of Houston late Thursday afternoon. She's also named in four warrants from Te...
Apr 15, 2022
Utica boosts budget for Independence Day fireworks
After about a decade of spending $11,000 for an annual Independence Day fireworks show in Utica, it'll cost around a third more this year. The Utica Village Board approved adding $3,500 to its budget ...
Apr 15, 2022 Tomasz Baranowski / CC
River Rd. is open again
It didn't take as long or cost as much as Seneca village officials thought it might. River Rd. is open again. A flash flood caused part of the bridge and road leading up to it to collapse last July. T...
Apr 15, 2022 Village of Seneca picture via Facebook of the newly rebuilt River Rd.
No pay change for LaSalle County Board members--for now
LaSalle County Board members aren't ready to change their pay. On average, each gets about $10,000 per year--from $60 per day for board and committee meetings. It's been at that level since 1994. Adju...
Apr 15, 2022 The LaSalle County Board, file photo March 14, 2022
Weekly COVID report: recoveries outnumber new cases and current cases are down; one additional death
New COVID-19 cases are still going up in LaSalle County. But this week's recoveries outnumber new cases. The LaSalle County Health Department says there were 76 new cases for a total of 28,990 so far ...
Apr 14, 2022