Category Archives: WCMY News

The lawyer for LaSalle County Republican Party Chairman Larry Smith says Smith has some decisions to make. He didn't say during a court hearing this morning exactly what those decisions are. But they ...

New voter identification cards have been mailed to 73,851 LaSalle County voters. County Clerk Lori Bongartz says unless you recently registered or updated your registration, you should get a card in t...

Several agencies were involved in an investigation that led to a 41-year old Streator man's arrest this week. Ryan P. Cook is charged with having child pornography and sharing it among multiple electr...

UPDATE: ComEd reports most of the Streator customers who lost power about 4:15am have it on again. There are fewer than five outages west of Streator. Lightning is blamed for the outages. Ameren repor...

Two Ottawa men are being held on a 1,000,000 dollar bond for allegedly dealing drugs. On Tuesday 24-year old Daninius Sepkus was arrested on Lasalle Street and 22-year old Eric Motozapo was arrested o...

There will be a meeting in Marseilles to discuss the Community Development Block Grant the city is going to apply for once again. It's on July 1st at 6pm at the Marseilles Firehouse. Mayor Jim Hollenb...

LaSalle County unemployment was at 5.4% in May, down from 6.4% in April and 7.3% in March. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says there were similar drops in Putnam and Bureau counties. P...

The 38th annual fundraising auction for St. Bede School topped $500,000. Associate Director of Development Katherine Koyak says $205,000 was specifically for replacing the skylight windows in the abbe...

Ottawa High School will have two school nurses. Supt. Mike Cushing says the need for a second nurse has been building for a few years. One nurse is being required to do two or more things at once mult...

A woman who tried to enter the Etna Road Courthouse back in March but wasn't allowed because she didn't follow the security protocol at the time wants the case against her dropped. 29-year old Angel F...