Category Archives: WCMY News
One quarter of Illinois inmates with COVID are at Sheridan
The Illinois Department of Corrections says 195 inmates in its custody have the coronavirus. And about a quarter of them are at Sheridan Correctional Center. IDOC's information about the cases says 54...
Mar 05, 2021 Sheridan Correctional Center
Both people arrested after ten-hour hunt sentenced
A Streator woman is agreeing to four years on probation and to keep cooperating if prosecutors need help in another case. Fifty-one year old Nancy Newell pleaded guilty today to burglary and retail th...
Mar 05, 2021
Trials scheduled in LaSalle County murder cases
Trials were scheduled this morning for two men charged with different murders in LaSalle County. Twenty-five year old Kenneth Herbst of LaSalle is accused of smothering his infant son to death two yea...
Mar 05, 2021
Nabisco building closer to sale
A developer could be close to buying the former Nabisco building by the Marseilles riverfront. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says some investors who've been looking into it for a year want to put condominiums ...
Mar 04, 2021
Coronavirus cases drop, but it's still claiming lives
As the number of currently known coronavirus cases in LaSalle County trends downward, the virus isn't done claiming lives. The LaSalle County Health Department Thursday reported a woman in her 80's wa...
Mar 04, 2021
Grundy County prosecutor predicts drug court downfall under reform bill
Grundy County State's Attorney Jason Helland doesn't have a problem with everything in the state's new criminal justice reform act. He says most police officers and prosecutors don't start their jobs ...
Mar 04, 2021
Health department ends Saturday COVID-19 testing
The LaSalle County Health Department says there's less demand lately for COVID-19 testing. So it's not doing tests on Saturdays anymore. Tests will still be available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays ...
Mar 04, 2021
Sen. Rezin goes FOIA route for veterans home corona info
St. Sen. Sue Rezin wants more information than she's been able to get about the coronavirus outbreak at the veterans home in LaSalle. She has filed a Freedom of Information Act request, asking for inf...
Mar 04, 2021
Two more fatal coronavirus cases in LaSalle County
Two women, one in her 70's and one in her 80's, from LaSalle County have died of the coronavirus. The county's health department says they bring the fatal case count to 281. There are 2,126 active cas...
Mar 03, 2021
Candidate coverage: Jim Marter intends to run in primary again for Congress
Jim Marter ran against Republican Adam Kinzinger in a primary in 2018 and he intends to do it again in 2022. Marter says a lot of people had hope that Kinzinger would be a fresh voice for conservative...
Mar 03, 2021