Category Archives: WCMY News

Mediacom Communications Senior Director Phyllis Peters says parts of Boone, Bureau, Henry, LaSalle, Livingston, McHenry, and Mercer counties were affected by the internet outage when a crew setting ut...

Ottawa City Council members will talk about food trucks and noise at a workshop meeting Thursday afternoon, August 26 at 5pm. Since it's a workshop meeting, the discussion can be freeform. But the cou...

Ralph Coyle of rural Marseilles says he's taking a non-partisan approach to examining what's wrong with elections. He's starting an organization called Safeguard Our Vote to look into possible changes...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger thinks the coming closures of the Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants are enough of an emergency for Pres. Biden to use emergency powers to prevent them. Kinzinger says seven p...

LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss says Jason Martin is his new Undersheriff and David Ortiz is his new Chief Deputy. Diss says the two have a combined 42 years of service as LaSalle County deputies. Ma...

A homeowner in Marseilles smelled smoke and opened the door to the garage to find it out was on fire. Mayor and Deputy Chief Jim Hollenbeck says the fire department arrived at the home at 675 Oak Cour...

Carelessly throwing away burning cigarettes or matches caused a fire in Streator Sunday afternoon. The Streator Fire Department says neighbors noticed thick black smoke coming from the back of the hou...

Peru Elementary students are waiting longer than usual for school buses today. Supt. Jamie Craven says the bus company has a driver shortage. Routes 5 and 6 are five to ten minutes late this morning. ...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger says he has no idea how the U.S. will stop terrorism in Afghanistan after the withdrawal. Kinzinger says he hopes the U.S. government follows through with bringing back all the Am...

Some fire departments in southern Lasalle County have the chance to earn up to $1,000 from Illinois American Water. The water company is accepting applications for their 2021 Firefighter Grant Program...