Category Archives: WCMY News
Local schools in IHSA and pork producers contest for best pork chops
Online voting has begun in a contest to find out which high school sports concession stands sell the best pork chop sandwiches. The Illinois High School Association and the Illinois Pork Producers Ass...
Oct 4, 2021 Houston Foodie / CC
Justice Michael Burke running for ten-year term on Illinois Supreme Court
Some of the candidates for office in Illinois next year can't say much about where they stand on the issues people are talking about most. Mike Burke, for example, wants to be elected to the Illinois ...
Oct 4, 2021
LaSalle County 4-H celebrates national 4-H week
A whole week has been dedicated to 4-H members across the nation. Starting this week six million 4-H members are celebrating what it means to be a part of the organization. LaSalle County 4-H Youth De...
Oct 3, 2021
Labor of Love works on 26 homes this year
A few hundred volunteers went to 26 homes in the United Way of Eastern LaSalle County's area today. The Labor of Love home repair and cleanup work for disabled and low income people had last year off ...
Oct 2, 2021 Preparing for electrical wiring work inside a home
MRI Technologist wins OSF Healthcare award for extraordinary care
St. Elizabeth Medical Center has given out an award to a local nurse who works with MRIs. Tara Damron is the winner of the Sunflower Award. Vice President for St. Elizabeth Heather Bomstad says the aw...
Oct 2, 2021 OSF picture of Tara Damron
Gun claim unfounded say police after investigation at Streator High School
No one waved a gun at anyone at Streator High School this morning. That's the word from interim superintendent Bill Mattingly who says police investigated the report while school administrators prepar...
Oct 1, 2021
Ottawa woman starts over on probation for attacking man twice
An Ottawa woman who attacked a man twice earlier this year gets to start her probation sentence over. Thirty-seven year old Latrice Wright must also get addiction counseling and pay fines. Police arre...
Oct 1, 2021
Varna man accused of killing man with razor tipped arrow has a new lawyer
Public Defense Attorney Doug Kramarsic is no longer representing 28-year old Bradley French. The Varna man accused of shooting and killing Joshua Scaman of Oglesby with a razor tipped arrow at the Ill...
Oct 1, 2021
LaSalle County coronavirus cases drop, but warning status continues
The LaSalle County Health Department reports the number of new coronavirus cases continues to drop while recoveries increase. The department logged 149 new cases during the past week, compared to 197 ...
Oct 1, 2021
Ottawa water main flushing schedule for week 4: Oct 4-8, 2021
Ottawa’s water department has provided this water main flushing schedule for October 4 to 8, 2021: Monday, October 4 South of Illinois Ave and west of Leland St. to the Illinois River Phelps St....
Oct 1, 2021