Category Archives: WCMY News
Marseilles police chase suspect away from Housing Authority Complex
A man who wasn't supposed to be at housing authority complex in Marseilles was chased away by police Thursday. Police Chief Brian Faber says police started a pursuit but ended it quickly after the sus...
Apr 08, 2022
St. Rep. Yednock on the legislative session that's ending
Republicans said last week, another $1.8 billion should go into the state's unemployment insurance trust fund. The Democratic-controlled legislature put $2.7 million into it and decided the rest shoul...
Apr 08, 2022
Gov. Pritzker says budget gives tax relief, restores rainy day fund, and invests in public safety
Gov. Pritzker's statement on the budget that's expected to be voted on in the General Assembly today. "For the past three and a half years, my partners in the General Assembly and I have worked to rig...
Apr 08, 2022
Rep. Demmer says Pritzker paints a rosy picture with election year budget
Republican St. Rep. Tom Demmer of Dixon says Gov. Pritzker is using an "avalanche" of federal COVID bailout money during an election year to pause calling for big tax increases and say the state's in ...
Apr 08, 2022
Cong. Underwood feels Biden response to Ukraine is right
Cong. Lauren Underwood isn't urging the U.S. to get involved in another war. She believes the sanctions against Russia are working and helping Ukraine. She says Vladimir Putin is "on his heels" becaus...
Apr 08, 2022 Cong. Lauren Underwood
Harper's Farm to finally become restored wetland
Wetland restoration will finally be done on the Harper's Farm site. The idea has been around for two decades. Ottawa Mayor Dan Aussem says the Conservation Foundation is getting the land to restore it...
Apr 07, 2022 The entrance to the Harper's Farm area off Canal Rd.
LaSalle County museums begin mutual aid and learning meetings
The people who run the museums in LaSalle County could learn a lot from each other. Representatives from ten museums got together Monday at the Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum. Its dire...
Apr 07, 2022 File photo of the Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum
Trial scheduled in Ottawa murder case from a year ago
A jury trial has been scheduled for July 25th for 30-year old Michael Swift of Mokena in the death of 21-year old Grace Taylor of Ottawa. Swift is accused of stabbing the south side woman at her apart...
Apr 07, 2022 News-Tribune photo of Michael Swift at a court hearing last year
Arkansas dog wins two-country Pooch Playoffs
The Pooch Playoffs winner at the international level is a dog named Gus in Arkansas. He's a school dog at a ninth grade service academy. The Arkansas Animal Alliance gets $500 because Gus won in onlin...
Apr 07, 2022 Gus, the Ulti-Mutt Cutie winner in the Pooch Playoffs
Rockford father asks for public's help finding missing girl
A Rockford girl's father hasn't seen the child in a year. He's asking anyone who might know where she is to contact police. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says three-year old C...
Apr 07, 2022 Casshae Avery has been missing since April 6, 2021.