Category Archives: WCMY News

Morris Hospital is easing visitor guidelines. It says one person age 18 or up is allowed to visit a patient. That includes inpatients, emergency visits, surgeries, outpatient tests, and other visits. ...

Roof drainage at Oglesby's Dickinson House community center doesn't go away from the building. City Commissioner Jason Curran says the roof is leaking too. The city's getting bids to change things. Cu...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger isn't sweating being censured by the Will County Republican Party. The Channahon Republican says party leaders in that county have let Democrats take control of the County Board a...

Ottawa City Hall is taking bids until March 17th on the next combined sewer overflow fix. Commissioner Tom Ganiere says it involves an estimated $7 million to $8 million worth of work all over the cit...

Ottawa Democratic St. Rep. Lance Yednock says the governor's budget proposal is a starting point. He says he's looking forward to working with his colleagues to craft a budget that prioritizes the tru...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state Rep. Michael Madigan has announced that he is resigning his seat in the Legislature. The Chicago Democrat virtually set Illinois’ political agenda as Hous...

Republican St. Sen. Brian Stewart says lawmakers didn't really need the update Gov. Pritzker gave yesterday. Stewart says they already see every day the businesses that are closed and the jobs that ar...

The city of Streator needs to plow snow on Main, Bridge, Bloomington, and Park streets. It will do that Thursday, February 18. No parking will be allowed on those streets Thursday. Anyone who does par...

Gov. Pritzker says he's not calling for any tax increases on middle class people. He says he has found a way to spend $1.8 billion less in the next fiscal year. Pritzker is asking for $60 million more...

A collegiate league summer baseball team plans to make Veterans Park in Peru its home field. Dennis Bastien is the Commissioner of the Prospect League. A team called the Pistol Shrimp began looking fo...