Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa asks for grant to kick start riverfront redevelopment
Ottawa City Hall might get the state to pay three-quarters of the cost of an amphitheater on the riverfront where Central School used to be. The City Council approved committing $1 million to the esti...
Dec 07, 2021 The former Central School site in Ottawa after environmental cleanup and landscaping. Coal tar remained in the ground from several decades of gas production that started more than a century ago. The city of Ottawa plans to redevelop the area for recreation.
Ottawa police notice uptick in phone scam calls
Ottawa Detective Sgt. Kyle Booras says the Ottawa Police Department has seen an uptick in telephone scams. Booras says a majority of scams are carried out to get personal and banking information. He s...
Dec 07, 2021
Ottawa VFW and American Legion hold ceremony for Pearl Harbor Day
The Ottawa Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2470 held a ceremony for the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Tuesday. John Duback from American Legion Post #33 read a plaque that was dedicated for the 50th...
Dec 07, 2021
Local tourism promotions win state awards
Two tourism promotions you may have seen in this area last year were award winners at last night's Illinois Excellence in Tourism Award program. Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau won fo...
Dec 07, 2021 Ottawa Visitors Center photo of its award at the Illinois Governor's Conference on Tourism
Kinzinger warns Russian invasion of Ukraine will become a war
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says if Russia invades Ukraine, it will become the biggest military conflict in Europe since World War II. He says Ukraine is more ready to fight the Russians than it was when Rus...
Dec 07, 2021
Oglesby City Council tables help for public library again
The Oglesby City Council tabled an action to help the Oglesby Public Library once again. In a letter to the council, the library is asking the city for a donation of $10,000 to help with damage to the...
Dec 07, 2021
Man charged with Ottawa woman's murder now charged with attempting murder-for-hire
Already accused of one murder, Michael S. Swift is now accused of trying to hire someone to commit two more for him. The 30-year old Mokena man is charged with stabbing 21-year old Grace Taylor to dea...
Dec 06, 2021
Ottawa's bigger Chris Kringle Market isn't over yet
Ottawa's Chris Kringle Market is only half over. Since Floret Events started handling it last year, owner Stephanie Stacy expanded it from about 20 vendors per weekend to almost 80. And for all the wo...
Dec 06, 2021
Ottawa Fire Department looking to buy new tower truck
The Ottawa Fire Department wants to purchase a new tower truck. That type of truck is used to reach high buildings by extending a ladder. But Deputy Fire Chief Brent Bressner says the ladder on the ol...
Dec 06, 2021 File photo of the Ottawa Fire Department's tower truck in the garage
Superintendent says threat at Marseilles school not credible
Supt. Brenda Donahue says there's nothing to worry about. The school administrators and Marseilles police investigated a vague threat someone made over the weekend involving a specific student. Donahu...
Dec 06, 2021