Category Archives: WCMY News
17 year cicada brood will not affect Lasalle County
If you were expecting a big cicada brood to appear in Lasalle County this year, that's not going to happen. Brood 10 that's supposed to hatch will be affecting counties in eastern Illinois including V...
May 10, 2021 Renee Grayson / CC
Republicans accuse Democrats of closing the doors for redistricting
Illinois Republicans say Democrats have begun the redistricting process behind closed doors. St. Rep. Tom Demmer of Dixon says it's highly partisan despite promises that it wouldn't be. Demmer says th...
May 09, 2021
Kite show coming to Heritage Harbor
The Ottawa Visitors Center says people have something to look forward to-and up to-on Sunday, May 23. Heritage Harbor is hosting a kite show by the Chicago Kite Company from 11am to 4pm that day. Besi...
May 09, 2021 Pamela Carls / CC
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event to happen in Marshall and Putnam Counties
Marshall and Putnam Counties will be holding a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event that is sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Its happening Saturday May 15th from 8am to...
May 08, 2021 Amaury Laporte / CC
Bill would publicize three-digit suicide lifeline phone number
Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger and Democratic Congressman Dan Beyer of Virginia introduced a bill last week to help stop suicides in America. The Campaign To Prevent Suicide Act would set up an...
May 08, 2021
Ottawa Memorial Day event will be in person
There will be an in-person Memorial Day ceremony in Ottawa this year. Ottawa Memorial Association President Katie Troccoli says there won't be a parade between the two events. But after the wreath dro...
May 07, 2021
LaSalle has new fire chief
Jerry Janick is the new fire chief in LaSalle. He's been with the fire department for 37 years, just like his predecessor, Andy Bacidore. Janick's not expecting to be the chief for 24 years like Bacid...
May 07, 2021 LaSalle Fire Chief Jerry Janick May 3, 2021
Man accused of jail attack enters not guilty plea
A man accused of attacking two jailers and a nurse with a shank entered a plea of not guilty in court Friday. Brad Johnson was already in jail because of a police chase that ended in a crash west of O...
May 07, 2021
More witnesses sought for bow and arrow murder case
A new trial has been scheduled for Bradley French. He has been accused of shooting and killing 38-year old Joshua Scaman of Oglesby with a razor-tipped arrow from a compound bow which happened at Illi...
May 07, 2021
Explosion kills three in Utica
Three men lost their lives in an explosion in Utica last night. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says it appears they set fire to a black powder substance on the river bank and it blew up. The explos...
May 07, 2021