Category Archives: WCMY News

The LaSalle County courts will test a video link with the county jail. Inmates who can have their court hearings over the video link can stay at the jail without being taken into the courtroom. In som...

Downtown Ottawa drivers will find traffic restrictions at LaSalle and Main streets Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. City Hall says an emergency sewer repair job will require two lanes of southbound Ill...

St. Sen. Darren Bailey says he can't just sit in the Illinois Senate for four more years while the state is poorly managed, so he's running for governor. The southern Illinois Republican says the peop...

The Peru Police Department says it recovered numerous items that were stolen from vehicles and garages in the southwest part of the city recently. The items were in a stolen vehicle. Some items haven'...

Exelon Corp. says if regulators approve, it will split into two companies. Exelon Utilities, to be known as RemainCo, will keep the regulated electric and gas utilities. Exelon Generation, to become S...

A refueling shutdown began on the LaSalle Station Unit 2 nuclear reactor over the weekend. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's daily reports show power production began dropping on Saturday and was al...

This month has been cold, but not too cold for Nicor Gas to keep up. Vice President of Systems Operations Dan Fox says Nicor prepares for colder winters than this one has been. Fox says Nicor buys gas...

The number of current coronavirus cases known in LaSalle County has dropped below 2,500. The figures the LaSalle County Health Department provided Tuesday show 10,750 cases so far and 8,347 recoveries...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger says there's no doubt the country needs criminal justice reform. But he says the bill Gov. Pritzker signed Monday is the wrong way to get it. The Channahon Republican calls the ne...

An Ottawa woman is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing a man early Monday morning. Thirty-seven year old Latrice Wright is also charged with violating condition...