Category Archives: WCMY News
WCMY Full News Report for 3/15/24
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...
Mar 15, 2024
Press Release: Trident Agents arrest Ottawa repeat offender.
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...
Mar 14, 2024
Kangaroo Struck On Highway
(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...
Mar 14, 2024 Nick Hewson / CC
Proposal to Set Up Early Childhood Department Advances Passed Senate
(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...
Mar 14, 2024 EpicTop10.com / CC
Bill Would Give K-12 Students Free Meals at School
(Springfield, IL) -- A bill under consideration in the Illinois Senate would provide breakfast and lunch to all K-through-12 students across the state. The proposal would require the state Board of Ed...
Mar 14, 2024 Mike Licht / CC
WCMY Full News Report for 3/14/24
OSF HealthCare has successfully overcome another regulatory hurdle in its endeavor to reopen the Peru hospital, maintaining the target date of Sunday, April 7. Confirming progress on its Facebook page...
Mar 14, 2024
Trident Agents & LaSalle County Sheriff's Office make two Streator arrests
On 03/12/24, Trident Agents and the LaSalle County Sheriff's Office arrested Caprecio D. Patterson age 45 of 207 Joyce St. Streator, IL, at his residence on a LaSalle County Arrest Warrant (2024CF110)...
Mar 13, 2024
Illinois Lawmakers Work To Improve Healthcare Licensing Process
(Springfield, IL) -- Republican lawmakers in the Illinois House in Springfield say the state is failing its healthcare providers with delays in the licensing process. They claim many doctors and nurse...
Mar 13, 2024 Paul Sableman / CC
Almost Half Of IL Metro Areas Still Report Job Recovery Slowed By Pandemic
(Springfield, IL) -- Almost half of Illinois' metro areas still report a sluggish job recovery in the aftermath of the pandemic. New data from January shows six of the 13 metro areas in the state repo...
Mar 13, 2024 Tim Mossholder / Unsplash
Doctors Say Florida Man's Headaches Caused By Tapeworm Eggs
A Florida man is recovering after getting tapeworm eggs in his brain. A case report published last week says the 52-year-old patient recently told doctors he had been suffering from persistent migrain...
Mar 13, 2024 watashiwani / CC