Category Archives: WCMY News

Habitat for Humanity has about half the money it needs to start the ReStore, a home improvement material resale shop, in late spring. Habitat also has a line of credit to cover sudden needs. Executive...

The Sandy Ford Bridge east of Leonore will be closed next week. The LaSalle County Highway Department says it'll be closed day and night from 6am Monday, February 22 through 4pm Friday, February 26. T...

Democratic Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin say the evidence was convincing, so they voted to convict former Pres. Trump of inciting the Capitol riot last month. Even though the votes to convi...

LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam Regional Schools Superintendent Chris Dvorak says the future of snow days looks mixed. LaSalle County Board member Randy Freeman asked if snow days will be replaced with ...

The LaSalle County Board has approved a resolution asking Gov. Pritzker to veto the police reform bill the last legislature sent to him last month. Member Jerry Myers of Streator, a former State Polic...

When Illinois Valley Community College's dental assisting program did the Give Kids a Smile campaign, more than 50 area children got free dental care. That and the fact that a dozen or more students l...

Three people who died of the coronavirus were added to LaSalle County's fatal case count Friday. That brings it to 271. The LaSalle County Health Department says the latest to succumb to the virus are...

Some on the Peru City Council found it amusing when a prankster said obnoxious things over Zoom during last week's city council meeting. People who could hear everything clearly at home and see the X-...

The local Habitat for Humanity chapter is starting Habitat Re-store, where people can buy building materials and furniture. The store's stock will come from store overstocks, slightly damaged goods, a...

Sports competitions are getting most of the attention, but the Illinois High School Association is having a chess tournament this week. Coach Eric Czerwin with the Illinois Chess Coaches Association s...