Category Archives: WCMY News

It may take until early 2023 for Kenneth Cusick's wrongful prosecution claim against a former State's Attorney to go to trial. Lawyers for Cusick and Karen Donnelly have not talked about settling and ...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger says he's glad his constituents will get additional coronavirus relief payments. And he's glad to know there's funding for access to vaccines, personal protective equipment, and u...

Ottawa High School cheerleaders are offering to egg your yard, and a lot of people are asking for it. This isn't a mischievous prank. Cheerleading head coach Janelle Nordtvedt says they'll put plastic...

It's called a bicycle auction, but Ottawa Police Captain Dave Gualandri says there are about twice as many things that aren't bicycles up for sale this year. As the police department accumulates bicyc...

Sen. Dick Durbin says Democrats all went along with coronavirus relief that Republicans wanted last year. But he says Republicans aren’t going along with relief plans now. The bill that passed t...

LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton says he has a hard time keeping dispatchers. He thinks raising their pay $2.50 per hour across the board will help. They currently make around $35,000 to $44,000 p...

Christina Cantlin-Van Wiggeren will become an at-large judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. The Illinois Supreme Court nominated her to fill the vacancy left when Judge Gene Daugherity became an ...

There have been 283 coronavirus fatalities in LaSalle County, according to the county health department's daily statistics given Monday. A woman in her 80's is the latest to have died of it. The depar...

LaSalle-Peru High School students will be on remote learning immediately. The building will be closed Tuesday. In person events, including sports, are cancelled through Saturday. An announcement from ...

A woman who calls herself Accountability Angel on YouTube livestreamed her arrest this afternoon at the courthouse on Etna Rd. in Ottawa. Angel M. Farmer, 29, has posted videos over the last few month...