Category Archives: WCMY News

As people are getting vaccinated for COVID-19, doctors say that getting a flu shot is also important. Primary care Dr. Adriana Dumitrescu says that last year there were almost no flu cases. The doctor...

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says just one in three people in southern Illinois have been vaccinated against COVID-19. And the region has gone days without intensive care unit beds for new ...

Boats from the Oglesby and Utica fire departments were called in but weren't needed after all in Mendota early this morning. A woman walked out into the middle of Lake Kakusha. Mendota Assistant Fire ...

The 4-H Shooting Sports program started enrollment last week. 4-H Youth Development Coordinator Toni Pienta says the program is celebrating 10 years of allowing 4-Hers to participate in archery, shotg...

The Champlain St. Goose Creek pedestrian bridge project is finally about to start. Ottawa City Hall says Champlain St. in that area will be closed to car and truck traffic from iam to 4:30pm weekdays ...

In a close 4-3 vote the Ottawa Elementary School Board decided to look for bids in geothermal energy for Lincoln Elementary. The plan is to bring air conditioning to all three elementary schools but J...

It will cost $1.7 million to rehab Riordan Pool over the next five years. Ottawa City Commissioner Marla Rodriguez wants to keep it open, but with a cost like that there's some thinking to do about th...

The Starved Rock Country Festival of the Arts is starting this weekend. Local and visiting artists will present their art, music, and film to people in and around Ottawa. Pamela Beckett with the Starv...

The state of Illinois is giving almost $2 million to the Ottawa YMCA. That'll go toward the new building project. It will help pay for classroom space and a health care facility inside. The Y's projec...

School boards continue to get questions about whether a mask mandate is the right thing to do. The Ottawa High School Board got the question from Tracy Lehman last night. She says government is being ...