Category Archives: WCMY News
Snow causes pileup on I-39 near Bloomington-Normal
Illinois State Police says nineteen commercial motor vehicles and nine passenger vehicles were involved in the property damage crash. Numerous other vehicles slid off in the area but were not damaged....
Feb 18, 2022
Federal Judge Refuses To Toss Charges In ComEd Bribery Probe
(Chicago, IL) -- A federal judge is refusing to dismiss federal charges against a longtime confidant of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and three others charged in the ongoing ComEd brib...
Feb 18, 2022
Mendota to host Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics
Residents in Mendota are invited to be bold and get cold by taking the Polar Plunge to benefit the Special Olympics.The event starts Saturday, February 26 at the Mendota Civic Center at 10:30. And the...
Feb 17, 2022 Seattle Parks and Recreation / CC
Jacob Darby takes place on Streator City Council
New Streator City Council member Jacob Darby wants to focus on downtown commerce and perhaps making outlying subdivisions part of the city. That doesn't mean he's going to take charge and try to annex...
Feb 17, 2022 New Streator City Commissioner Jacob Darby (right) is sworn in by City Clerk Patti Henderson
Plan announced for Commercial and Broadway St. realignment in Marseilles
A plan has been announced to realign Commercial and Broadway Street in Marseilles.City Engineer Mike Etscheid says that the project is supposed to start on May 2nd and could be done by October dependi...
Feb 17, 2022 This is a blueprint from the city of Marseilles Facebook page about what the project will look like. It's being done in three stages.
Peru seeking bids for improving tennis and pickle ball courts in Washington Park
The city of Peru is seeking bids to upgrade the tennis and pickle ball courts in Washington Park. Parks and Recreation Director Adam Thorson says the courts are cracking and the settlement isn't the b...
Feb 16, 2022
Ottawa Elementary School District no longer mandating masks in schools
Ottawa Elementary School Supt. Cleve Threadgill says the school district will no longer mandate wearing masks in school starting today. Threadgill says it results from the vote from the Joint Committe...
Feb 16, 2022
Nine parents speak against mask mandate in Ottawa Elementary Schools
Nine parents spoke Tuesday at the Ottawa Elementary School Board Meeting saying the district needs to end the mask mandate. These are some of the comments that were made at Tuesday's meeting. The boar...
Feb 16, 2022
Morris State Senator supports vote from Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Morris Republican St Sen. Sue Rezin says she supports the vote made by the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. The committee voted 9-0 to block emergency rules that would have required s...
Feb 16, 2022
Fire fighters awarded for rescuing unconscious woman after house fire
In some ways, getting an unconscious woman out of a house after a fire was just another day at work for Ottawa fire fighters Nick Allegretti and Cameron Lair. Allegretti says putting out the fire and ...
Feb 15, 2022 Ottawa City Commissioner James Less pins a gallantry medal on fire fighter Cameron Lair after pinning one on fire fighter Nick Allegretti.