Category Archives: WCMY News
Streator traffic crash claims Ottawa teen's life
An Ottawa teen lost his life in a traffic crash in Streator last night. Streator police say Austen Gleason was 17 years old. He was one of two drivers involved in the crash at Park and Broadway street...
Aug 11, 2021
Lasalle County Street Cars will host Starved Rock Nationals Car Show
The Starved Rock Nationals Car Show is happening again this year. The event takes place this Saturday from 8am to 10pm and Sunday from 8am to 3pm at Skydive Chicago northeast of Ottawa. The event is h...
Aug 10, 2021 Bobby P. / CC
County coroner says one man is dead after crash south of Mendota
Lasalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says that someone has died from the crash that happened on IL 251 just south of Mendota. Ploch says it was a man who lived in the Illinois Valley area. He says the na...
Aug 10, 2021
Tornadoes cross northern Illinois
Several tornadoes were spotted across northern Illinois last evening. One was in southern Lee County west of Paw Paw. Another was in the Wyanet area of western Bureau County. Tornado damage was report...
Aug 10, 2021
Fatal crash case involving sheriff's department squad settled for $5.5 million
A lawsuit over a deadly traffic crash involving a squad pickup north of Mendota is being settled for $5.5 million. Three children of 59-year old Martin Quest of Sublette will split about $3.4 million....
Aug 10, 2021
Body of Garnie Rice found nearly a year after he went missing
The body of a man found in Gary, Indiana in December has been identified. It's that of 36-year old Garnie Rice of Somonauk who was reported missing almost a year ago. LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss ...
Aug 09, 2021 Provided picture of Garnie Rice
Lower profile for United Way School Tools this year
The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County's School Tools program is a little different during the pandemic. Program coordinator Kathy Morrissey isn't putting out a call for volunteers. Just a few peopl...
Aug 09, 2021
Minonk woman ordered to leave Chester Weger alone
The man who served six decades in prison for one of three murders at Starved Rock State Park says he felt harassed when a Minonk nurse kept calling him at a Chicago veterans hospital and eventually sh...
Aug 09, 2021
A Chicago man pleads guilty to pointing a gun while driving on Veterans Memorial Bridge
A Chicago man accused of cutting someone off and pointing a gun at them as he drove across Veterans Memorial Bridge last year in Ottawa has pleaded guilty. 25-year old Reynaldo Diaz pleaded guilty to ...
Aug 09, 2021
Pistol Shrimp thrilled with video productions
Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp fans who couldn't watch games in person this year had the option of watching them online. The team has one camera of its own and it hires a professional production compan...
Aug 09, 2021 Pistol Shrimp signs on the way in to the field at Veterans Park.