Category Archives: WCMY News
Parents behavior at sporting events varies from school to school in LaSalle County
While some schools in LaSalle County have seen a trend in parents yelling at coaches and referees at sporting events, some haven't seen anything. Last week LaSalle-Peru High School Supt. Steve Wrobles...
Oct 05, 2021 Dave Adamson / Unsplash
Company involved in Rutland well project says 2 million Americans face similar water needs
Xylem Inc. started helping drill water wells for families that can't afford to three years ago. Director of Marketing Susan O'Grady says the Waterboys organization, started by former NFL player Chris ...
Oct 05, 2021 The well drilling crew will keep going until the machinery hits water.
Perfectly Flawed Foundation and Sanctuary to offer free Narcan training
The drug Narcan is used to reverse the effects of an overdose. The Perfectly Flawed Foundation of LaSalle and Sanctuary Bar are offering an opportunity for people to be trained on how to use it in eme...
Oct 04, 2021
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 04, 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 04, 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 03, 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 02, 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 02, 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 01, 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 01, 2021