Category Archives: WCMY News
New COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County have fallen this week, but there are three more deaths
New Coronavirus cases in LaSalle County have recently gone down. The LaSalle County Health Department says that this week there were only 197 new cases compared to 261 last week. There were also 194 r...
Sep 24, 2021
Ottawa Elementary School Superintendent to retire at the end of the school year
Ottawa Elementary School Supt. Cleve Threadgill says he will retire at the end of this school year. Threadgill says that he's been with the district for about 39 years. Threadgill says that he'll miss...
Sep 24, 2021
Varna man accused of shooting and killing another man with bow and arrow will be back in court in October
The trial of 28-year old Bradley French will be moved once again. In court Friday French's attorney said that there was an issue regarding the case and wanted the upcoming trial date to be dropped. Th...
Sep 24, 2021
Lawsuits filed over explosion that killed 3 Chicago men
NORTH UTICA, Ill. (AP) - Lawsuits have been filed, four months after three Chicago men died in an explosion while fishing and making a fire along the Illinois River. Lawyers believe they know how the ...
Sep 24, 2021 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash
Somonauk man accused of having child pornography
After an investigation by LaSalle County investigators and the Illinois Attorney General's High Tech Crime Bureau, a Somonauk man was arrested and accused of having child pornography. 22-year old Luis...
Sep 24, 2021
Body of missing ISU student identified, was found in LaSalle County
The investigation into what happened to 25-year old Jelani Day is a missing person case no more. The LaSalle County Coroner's Office says the body found in the Illinois River near LaSalle on Saturday,...
Sep 23, 2021 Jelani Day
Local unemployment goes up again after summer drop
About one in 16 people in this area who wanted work in August didn't have it. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the combined unemployment rate for LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam countie...
Sep 23, 2021
Nine-year prison sentence for Streator man's first offense
A LaSalle County judge this morning gave a nine-year prison sentence to a Streator man on drug dealing and stolen gun charges. Twenty-one year old Bobby C. Richardson, Jr. had no criminal history unti...
Sep 23, 2021 LaSalle County jail photo of Bobby Richardson, Jr.
Ottawa scarecrow festival in conjunction with Festival of the Arts
In coordination with the Festival of the Arts the Ottawa Scarecrow Festival will happen on Saturday. Ottawa Chamber Executive Director Jeff Hettrick says anyone can decorate a scarecrow for the festiv...
Sep 23, 2021 Tim Green / CC
Steamboat making its first journey to dock in Ottawa
The American Queen Steamboat Company will be sending its newest ship to make a stop in Ottawa. Marketing Communications Director Mike Hicks says the American Countess holds 245 people although not tha...
Sep 23, 2021 AQSC Christening of American Countess
A general view of the atmosphere at the christening of the American Countess at Mardi Gras World on March 21, 2021 in New Orleans, LA. (Josh Brasted for AQSC)