Category Archives: WCMY News

Don't believe anyone who calls you or shows up at your door to say you have to pay your electric bill with a gift card or a Bitcoin payment right away. The Illinois Attorney General's Office says scam...

Public Defender Tim Cappellini will be able to visit with the man accused of stabbing and killing 21-year old Grace Taylor of Ottawa. Cappellini will go to the Kendall County Jail where 29-year old Mi...

Seneca High School Supt. Dan Stecken says he thoroughly researched the options. The school district is requiring masks inside. Gov. Pritzker's order earlier this month supersedes last month's school b...

Marseilles Commissioner of Public Property Jim Buckingham is wondering what the city can do about homeless people living under the bridge that goes over the Illinois River. Buckingham says that the ci...

Marseilles Commissioner of the Streets Nathan Schaefer says that many of street projects in the city are moving along well. One of the projects he highlighted was working on Young Street. Schaefer say...

A man accused of several smash-and-grab robberies will receive mental health treatment. 56-year old Craig Hynes of Mendota was accused of stealing sport memorabilia and clothing from businesses back i...

Republican Governor candidate Paul Schimpf says Illinois needs a parents' bill of rights. There are two laws from the last few years that bother him a lot. One covers sex education for kids as young a...

Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut thinks the city's missing an opportunity. The City Council has approved spending $20,845 for four signs at the city's entryways on Illinois 23, U.S. 6, and I...

Brayden Wilson of Earlville is one of the Illinois State Fair Grand Champion auction winners. His poultry market pen entry went for $5,000. He gets to use some of that money for his college costs. Wil...

A parent at the Ottawa Elementary School Board meeting Tuesday discussed reasons why kids shouldn't be forced to wear masks in school. The parent claimed that the local school district can overrule wh...