Category Archives: WCMY News
Today is February 29th, an event that only happens once every four years.
It's a leap day, an extra day added to the calendar every fourth of February to keep our seasons from getting out of whack. Everyone knows a year is 365 days long but that's not exactly accurate. It t...
Feb 29, 2024 Denise Krebs / CC
Suspect Gets Gas While Fleeing Police
(Memphis, TN) -- A suspect in Memphis who was under police surveillance is in jail after stopping for gas while trying to flee police. Deandre Rodgers had outstanding warrants when he tried to flee po...
Feb 29, 2024 engin akyurt / Unsplash
WCMY Full News Report for 2/28/24:
Severe storms, accompanied by hail, swept through LaSalle County and northern Illinois on Tuesday evening. As the storms progressed northeast towards Chicago, reports of golf ball-sized hail at Woodha...
Feb 28, 2024
Mega Millions Jackpot Tops $600M
The Mega Millions jackpot is now over 600 million dollars after nobody won Tuesday's grand prize. The nationwide lottery was up to 563 million dollars heading into last night's drawing, but no one mat...
Feb 28, 2024 Whitney Donohue / CC
Best And Worst States For Women 2024
(New York, NY) -- A new survey is finding where women in the U.S. can find the best opportunities. WalletHub compared the 50 states and Washington, D.C. across 25 key indicators of living standards fo...
Feb 28, 2024 Brooke Lark / Unsplash
Family Dollar To Pay Millions After Warehouse Rat Infestation
(West Memphis, AR) -- Family Dollar Stores will pay a 40-million dollar fine after pleading guilty to unsanitary conditions in a "rodent-infested warehouse." The FDA in February 2022 reported finding ...
Feb 28, 2024 Sharon Waldron / Unsplash
Governor Pritzker Reluctant To Ask Taxpayers To Subsidize Newly Proposed White Sox Stadium
(Chicago, IL) -- Governor JB Pritzker says that he is reluctant to provide public money for a new one-point-two-billion-dollar White Sox Stadium in Chicago's South Loop. He would prefer if the propose...
Feb 27, 2024 David Wilson / CC
Kellogg's CEO Recommends Cereal For Dinner to save money
>>Kellogg's CEO Recommends Cereal For Dinner (Chicago, IL) -- Kellogg's CEO Gary Pilnick says people should eat cereal for dinner to save money on soaring food costs. He told CNBC last week that...
Feb 27, 2024 frankieleon / CC
National Snack Day is on March 4th most beloved snack in Illinois?
National Snack Day is on March 4th and with statistics revealing that 73% of consumers snack at least twice a day, the demand for snacks remains notably high. Hubscore is thrilled to present its lates...
Feb 27, 2024 Uncalno Tekno / CC
WCMy Full News Report for 2/27/24:
It was a busy day yesterday in the area for emergency crews, in Utica, firefighters rushed to the scene of a motorcycle crash around 3:45 PM on Monday, occurring on Route 71 within the state park's cu...
Feb 27, 2024