Category Archives: WCMY News

McDonald's has been hit by a system failure impacting restaurants across the globe. McDonald's said in a statement this morning that it was aware of "a technology outage" that forced the closure of ma...

Dawn Trompeter, President of OSF hospitals in Ottawa, Mendota, and now Peru, anticipates that the former IVCH in Peru will serve as an OSF "hub" hospital supporting other OSF hospitals along I-80, alt...

Rory Waldrop, age 28, of Ottawa, is charged with two counts of Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance, one count as a class 2 felony, one count as a class X felony, and Unlawful Possession of a W...

(Roland, OK) -- A kangaroo is dead after being struck and killed by a car in Oklahoma. The driver thought it was a deer until he got out to check the damage. The accident happened on I-40 Wednesday mo...

(Springfield, IL) -- A state Senate panel has passed a proposal that's a major initiative of Governor J.B. Pritzker -- the creation of a state Department of Early Childhood. The measure would streamli...

(Springfield, IL) -- A bill under consideration in the Illinois Senate would provide breakfast and lunch to all K-through-12 students across the state. The proposal would require the state Board of Ed...

OSF HealthCare has successfully overcome another regulatory hurdle in its endeavor to reopen the Peru hospital, maintaining the target date of Sunday, April 7. Confirming progress on its Facebook page...

On 03/12/24, Trident Agents and the LaSalle County Sheriff's Office arrested Caprecio D. Patterson age 45 of 207 Joyce St. Streator, IL, at his residence on a LaSalle County Arrest Warrant (2024CF110)...

(Springfield, IL) -- Republican lawmakers in the Illinois House in Springfield say the state is failing its healthcare providers with delays in the licensing process. They claim many doctors and nurse...

(Springfield, IL) -- Almost half of Illinois' metro areas still report a sluggish job recovery in the aftermath of the pandemic. New data from January shows six of the 13 metro areas in the state repo...