Category Archives: WCMY News
Member knocks county board for not giving a dime
LaSalle County Board member Doulgas Trager says the county "didn't give a dime." Trager urged other board members in October to start figuring out what to do with nearly $11 million in COVID relief fu...
Feb 10, 2022 Douglas Trager urges other LaSalle County Board members to start figuring out how to use pandemic relief funds. Board Chairman Don Jensen is behind him. February 2022 photo by WCMY
LaSalle County COVID-19 case numbers continue downward trend
Just like most of the state, LaSalle County's COVID-19 numbers continue to trend downward. The LaSalle County Health Department reported only 360 new cases and 2,724 recoveries. But the total cases co...
Feb 10, 2022
Ottawa man pleads guilty to firing gun shots into the air on east side
An Ottawa man accused of firing a gun several times in the front yard of a house in 2020 has pleaded guilty. 23-year old William C. Johnson IV received thirty months of probation. Prosecutors say that...
Feb 10, 2022
Oglesby discussion on COVID protocols for city employees ends with nothing in place
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 ...
Feb 09, 2022
St. Sen. Rezin wants to expand LIHEAP to more people for one year
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 ...
Feb 09, 2022
UPDATED: Marseilles man accused in Tuesday night stabbing
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 ...
Feb 09, 2022 Terry C. Clark, LaSalle County jail picture
Firearms instructor pays fine for poorly training students; ISP says hundreds were in his classes
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...
Feb 09, 2022 Adnan Turkoglu / Unsplash
Masks optional at Streator High School
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...
Feb 09, 2022
Ottawa man arrested and charged with predatory sexual assault
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...
Feb 09, 2022
Ottawa Elementary School Board approves installing air conditioning for two schools
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...
Feb 08, 2022