Category Archives: WCMY News

Oglesby's city policy about COVID-19 has stalled. Mayor Dominic Rivara shared a policy he put together with the other commissioners at Monday's meeting, saying it would give four to five days of paid ...

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program grants could be made available to more people under a bill State Senator Sue Rezin has filed. The Morris Republican says natural gas bills are very high this ...

UPDATE: A judge set bond Wednesday at $25,000. Terry C. Clark is to be in court on March 3rd, after a grand jury considers the charges against him. A trial date could be set on that day. A Marseilles ...

Seventy-one year old George Parsons has posted online that he didn't do anything he thought was wrong and said all his firearms classes covered the required information. But he pleaded guilty two week...

After a four to two vote, the Streator High School Board is allowing students to have the option to not wear a mask for now. A Sangamon County judge ruled last week that the mask mandate created by Go...

An Ottawa man was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual assault of two juveniles under the age of thirteen. 38-year old Michael W. Hughes was picked up in the 4100 block of Veteran's Drive. Detecti...

Students at Jefferson and McKinley Elementary Schools could be walking into an air conditioned building by this next school year. The Ottawa Elementary School Board approved installing geothermal ener...

The consultant helping Ottawa update its comprehensive plan thinks a hotel or residential living would be a good fit for the Jordan block. Whether that makes it into the plan the City Council adopts n...

Oglesby City Hall is looking for someone to replace Carrie Lijewski (lee-ES-kee) after her surprise announcement Monday night. She didn't say why she's resigning. Mayor Dominic Rivara and Commissioner...

LaSalle Mayor Jeff Grove says it would be nice to keep a remodeling project in house. The city's finance committee tabled a resolution to hire Kmetz Architects to help remodel the new Public Works Bui...