Category Archives: WCMY News
Gas line break leads to evacuations in Ottawa
Eighteen people were evacuated from homes in the area of a south side Ottawa gas leak yesterday afternoon. It took Nicor Gas about three hours to repair it. A contractor hit the pipe in the southwest ...
Jun 10, 2021 Venturist / CC
Mobile drivers license station to visit Granville
People who have trouble getting to the regular drivers license station can try a mobile one this Saturday in Granville. It'll be at the village office building at 316 S. McCoy St. from 10am to 2pm. It...
Jun 10, 2021 Indi Samarajiva / CC
Oglesby approves contract with electrical workers
Oglesby city electrical workers will get raises in a four-year contract that was approved this week. They get increases across the board of about 3%. The contract eliminates a longevity pay bump that ...
Jun 10, 2021 andré spilborghs / Unsplash
Streator considers ordinance update for food trucks
The question of food truck regulation is making the rounds at area city councils, including Streator's. The council talked this week about whether to charge Streator business owners as much as out-of-...
Jun 9, 2021
Northern Illinois to get the end of a solar eclipse at sunrise Thursday
When the sun rises in north central Illinois tomorrow morning, it will be partially eclipsed. Sunrise will be at 5:22am Thursday. A minute later, careful observers should notice what looks like a chun...
Jun 9, 2021 Ravenshoe Group / CC
Guilty plea in baby smothering case
A 25-year old LaSalle man is heading to prison after he pleaded guilty this morning to smothering his child. Eight week old Theo Herbst died at the end of March 2019. Kenneth Herbst was charged with m...
Jun 9, 2021
LaSalle County election results court case being dismissed
A Grundy County judge is throwing out a court case over LaSalle County election results back in November. The LaSalle County Circuit Clerk's Office court records show Judge Scott Belt will put in a wr...
Jun 9, 2021
Police look for third person in attack of two weeks ago
Police arrested two people not long after an alleged attack on a boy and a girl in downtown Ottawa two weeks ago. Ottawa Detective Corporal Kevin Reynolds says he'd like tips to find a third person st...
Jun 9, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
The cities of Ottawa and Marseilles are planning to apply for a grant to help people with low-income improve their housing
Ottawa and Marseilles announced that they will apply for a housing rehab grant. The Community Development Block Grant project would provide help for those in moderate to low income housing by developi...
Jun 9, 2021
Vandals hit Oglesby micro pantry
The micro food pantry in front of Oglesby City Hall is open to anyone any time for giving or taking. But Mayor Dominic Rivara says the box may have to be locked after hours if vandalism keeps happenin...
Jun 8, 2021 Oglesby City Hall picture of vandalism at the micro food pantry from 2021