Category Archives: WCMY News
Marseilles to have ceremony to remember 9/11
To remember the attacks on 9/11, the city of Marseilles is holding a ceremony. It will be at the Middle East Conflict Wall on Riverfront Drive on Saturday, September 11th at 9am. Tourism park committe...
Aug 27, 2021 Mike Steele / CC
Dead crow found in Utica had West Nile Virus
A dead bird picked up in Utica yesterday tested positive for West Nile Virus. The LaSalle County Health Department says it was a crow. The department also collects and tests blue jays and robins. The ...
Aug 27, 2021
Ottawa bar shut down for noise; city council considers noise ordinance updates
Berta's Tap in Ottawa is closed for a week starting today. The management agreed to a liquor license suspension for two late night noise violations written up for loud music. Dan Patton from Berta's s...
Aug 27, 2021 George L Tapia / CC
Marseilles Elementary School to sell land back to U.S
The Marseille Elementary School District will finish a project they've been working on since 2014. Superintendent Brenda Donahue says a levee that's been on the school's property is being sold back to...
Aug 27, 2021
Congressman Kinzinger say attack in Afghanistan was predicable
Congressman Adam Kinzinger says that two attacks in Afghanistan that left at least 60 people injured and killed 12 US Troops was predictable. Kinzinger said on MSNBC the next step for the U.S is to ma...
Aug 27, 2021
Marseilles superintendent says some students are testing positive for COVID-19
Marseilles Elementary School District Superintendent Brenda Donahue says the first week of school has been good. But Donahue does say that there are kids testing positive for COVID-19. Donahue says th...
Aug 27, 2021
No hearing yet on Accountability Angel's obstruction case
A woman accused of obstructing a peace officer isn't going to have her case dismissed yet. 30-year old Angel Farmer wasn't in court Thursday but will be back in September. The request to dismiss the c...
Aug 26, 2021
Camping increasingly popular at Illinois state parks
Camping is a more popular thing to do at Illinois state parks than it used to be. Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Colleen Callahan says camping reservations at Eldon Hazlet State Par...
Aug 26, 2021 Andy Arthur / CC
Illinois requires educators, health workers to get vaccine
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois will require all educators from kindergarten through college and health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines or submit to weekly testing. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday also a...
Aug 26, 2021
Lasalle County libraries are receiving state grant money
$134,000 in grant money will be going to different Lasalle County Libraries. This is just a portion of $18 million in Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grants that will be awarded to different libraries...
Aug 26, 2021 Kevin Wong / CC