Category Archives: WCMY News

(Tokyo, Japan) -- The man who invented the modern karaoke machine is dead. Shigeichi Negishi died at the age of 100. The Japanese businessman invented the first version of the karaoke machine back in ...

Motorists traversing Ottawa's south side should exercise caution as storm sewer separation work commences on Monday, prompting street closures between 7 am and 5 pm on weekdays. The city of Ottawa has...

Dear City of Ottawa resident, The City of Ottawa is submitting a competitive grant application to receive funding for the downtown Amphitheater. The grant funds will be used for constructing the festi...

Effective March 28th, the LaSalle County Health Department (LCHD) will issue its final weekly COVID update. As we near the end of respiratory virus season, and the first anniversary of the declaration...

(Springfield, IL) -- Juvenile detention centers in Illinois are running out of room, presenting serious challenges. Detention centers are meant to provide temporary detention services to juveniles bef...

McDonald's has been hit by a system failure impacting restaurants across the globe. McDonald's said in a statement this morning that it was aware of "a technology outage" that forced the closure of ma...

Dawn Trompeter, President of OSF hospitals in Ottawa, Mendota, and now Peru, anticipates that the former IVCH in Peru will serve as an OSF "hub" hospital supporting other OSF hospitals along I-80, alt...

Rory Waldrop, age 28, of Ottawa, is charged with two counts of Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance, one count as a class 2 felony, one count as a class X felony, and Unlawful Possession of a W...

(Roland, OK) -- A kangaroo is dead after being struck and killed by a car in Oklahoma. The driver thought it was a deer until he got out to check the damage. The accident happened on I-40 Wednesday mo...

(Springfield, IL) -- A state Senate panel has passed a proposal that's a major initiative of Governor J.B. Pritzker -- the creation of a state Department of Early Childhood. The measure would streamli...