Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa Christmas tree disposal goes to Jan. 31st this year
Ottawa residents have more time than usual to get rid of the live Christmas trees they're done with. Commissioner Marla Pearson says the collection is going on until the 31st in the Riordan Pool parki...
Jan 8, 2022
St Sen. Brain Stewart says Democrats are claiming social worker legislation as their own
Republican St Sen. Brian Stewart of Freeport says Governor Pritzker and other Democratic lawmakers are politicizing efforts to protect child welfare workers. Stewart says Democrats are introducing a b...
Jan 7, 2022
LaSalle County reaches more than 1,000 new cases and has ten additional deaths
Ten more people in LaSalle County have died after contracting COVID-19. The LaSalle County Health Department says everyone was between their 60's and 90's. That means 396 people have died from the vir...
Jan 7, 2022
Sandwich mans murder trial rescheduled because of COVID-19
COVID-19 has caused the delay of a murder trial. Thirty-eight year old Donald Fredres is accused of shooting and killing sixty-two year olds Gregory and Brenda Barnes in their home in Sheridan last ye...
Jan 7, 2022
CORRECTED: Morris Hospital has little antibody therapy for COVID-19
Morris Hospital says if you need a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, you might not be able to get it. One treatment isn't proving very effective against the omicron variant. The other's in s...
Jan 7, 2022
Streator police get 2.5% raise in new labor contract
Streator Police officers are getting a 2.5% raise. City Manager David Plyman says that's a highlight in the new contract signed with the city. It's a three year contract. He says it was a year late be...
Jan 7, 2022
Ottawa High adopts remote learning plan just in case; Streator High is on full remote
The Ottawa High School board approved a remote learning plan Friday. So far, only students in quarantine are attending virtually. There's no intention of going to full remote learning yet. Supt. Mike ...
Jan 7, 2022
Ottawa City Hall thinking over fire truck order
Ottawa City Council members want to order a new fire truck this month. MacQueen Equipment of Wisconsin will raise prices on February 1st. It's offering a discount if the entire price is paid up front....
Jan 7, 2022 File photo of the Ottawa Fire Department's tower truck in the garage
High speed chase and crash leads to drug and gun charges
After a high speed chase from Streator's west side to a spot west of Grand Ridge Wednesday evening, police arrested 45-year old Christopher Cunico. He allegedly crashed his car there, ran off, hid, an...
Jan 6, 2022
Michigan man accused of shooting at police found not guilty by reason of insanity
The Michigan man accused of shooting at Oglesby Police officers at an Illinois Valley Community College parking lot in 2020 was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Judge H. Chris Ryan says it was ...
Jan 6, 2022