Category Archives: WCMY News

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wild flowers are among the things you can see on guided hikes at Starved Rock State Park. Natural Resources Coordinator Lisa Sons leads hikes. Depending on the trail and the time of year, it will rang...

LaSalle County reached 300 coronavirus-related lives lost Thursday. The county's health department says it happened as it added a woman in her 80's to the fatality count. There were more recoveries th...

Sponsors of a new election reform bill in Illinois say election judges across the state get different training. Morris Republican Sen. Sue Rezin says they'd all get the same training under the Electio...