Category Archives: WCMY News
Sen. Dick Durbin says money from infrastructure bill can eliminate lead pipes in Illinois
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says If passed, money from the Build America Act of 2021 would allow many infrastructure projects to happen. Durbin says in Illinois that $89 million dollars alone would go t...
Jul 30, 2021 Brenton Cooper / CC
Aden Lamps 5k to be virtual again; raises money to prevent sudden infant deaths
For the eighth year in a row, a local woman is honoring her son with a memorial walk to raise money to prevent sudden infant deaths. Ashley Lamps has raised enough money to buy more 7,244 safe sleep s...
Jul 30, 2021 Picture of Aden Lamps from the Aden Lamps Foundation web site.
Ill. Sen. Republicans want full audit of unemployment insurance system
Illinois Republican state senators are calling for a full audit of the state's unemployment insurance program. An auditor general's report this week shows more than 4,500 people got nearly $42 million...
Jul 30, 2021 LongitudeLatitude / CC
Gubernatorial candidate says he wouldn't threaten companies over COVID-19 rules
Republican Gubernatorial Darren Bailey says if he was governor he would expect the Illinois Department of Public Health to make recommendations surrounding the pandemic. But Bailey says unlike Governo...
Jul 30, 2021
Lasalle County Health Department is recommending wearing masks indoors once again
It's now once again recommended by the Lasalle County Health Department to mask up indoors. The health department says that according to the Center for Disease Control the county is experiencing subst...
Jul 30, 2021
Parking lot reconstruction at Ottawa Elementary Schools will be done before the start of the school year
Jefferson, McKinley and Lincoln Elementary Schools are having their parking lots updated. Lincoln Elementary is having a patch done while McKinley is having its entire parking lots redone. Superintend...
Jul 29, 2021 TireZoo / CC
Red Cross wants blood donors; several upcoming local blood drives
Across the country, the Red Cross is asking for blood donors to show up when and where there are blood drives. Regional Communications Manager Drew Brown says summers are always challenging because of...
Jul 29, 2021 WCMY file picture of a blood drive in Ottawa in 2018
A Plano man is in jail after allegedly leading police on a pursuit that ended in Ottawa
A Plano man is accused of leading Lasalle County Sheriff's on a pursuit after he was pulled over in the Grand Ridge area. 23-year old Shamario Brown was pulled over Monday Evening and then sped off. H...
Jul 29, 2021
IVCC to require masks again to fight COVID-19
Vaccinated or not, people who go to Illinois Valley Community College will have to wear masks. The rule goes into effect Monday. College President Jerry Corcoran says applying that rule to everyone av...
Jul 29, 2021
Retiring Streator surgeon saw big changes in his work over 43 years
The retiring Dr. Caner Celeboglu has seen amazing changes in surgery since he trained for it in the 1970's and performed it in Streator since 1978. Reilly says Celeboglu was a visionary early on in hi...
Jul 29, 2021 Dr. Celeboglu talking with one of the many people who wished him well at a retirement party Wednesday.