Category Archives: WCMY News
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
State officials say ticks are emerging earlier than usual this year
The record-warm temperatures and lack of snow this winter is the cause of that. State Department of Conservation officials say the Lone Star tick - with a white dot on its back, the American dog tick,...
Mar 13, 2024 Thomas Shahan / CC
CDC Expanding Covid Swabbing at O'Hare
The CDC is expanding its nasal swabbing program to Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The program is intended to test international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases upon entry i...
Mar 13, 2024 frankieleon / CC
WCMY Full News Report for 3/13/24
Beginning Monday, March 25th, County Highway 9, referred to as East 12th Road and Kaminky Road, situated on the border of Waltham and Wallace townships, will be inaccessible due to bridge replacement....
Mar 13, 2024
Johnsonville Meat Recalls More Than 35 Thousand Pounds Of Turkey Sausage
(Denmark, WI) -- Meat manufacturer Johnsonville is recalling more than 35 thousand pounds of meat after multiple reports of black rubber. The Wisconsin-based company recalled its ready-to-eat Polish k...
Mar 12, 2024 Ryan Snyder / CC