Category Archives: WCMY News
Two more fatal coronavirus cases make 260 from LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Health Department reports two more people have died of the coronavirus from the county. A man in his 40s and a man in his 70s were in the daily statistical report Friday. They bring...
Feb 06, 2021
Sen. Durbin says unemployed need income tax relief and health insurance help
Sen. Dick Durbin is sponsoring bills to exempt unemployment benefits from income tax and to have the federal government subsidize an unemployed person's health insurance costs. The Illinois Democrat s...
Feb 06, 2021
Christine Benson, was superintendent at three area schools, named to state education board
Retired school superintendent Christine Benson of Ottawa has been named to the Illinois State Board of Education. She was a teacher for 20 years and worked as superintendent in the Mendota High, Ottaw...
Feb 06, 2021
Congressman may avoid higher level censure in party's quest for unity
Maybe the Illinois Republican Party won't vote on censuring Cong. Adam Kinzinger Saturday. It issued a statement saying it strongly disagrees with Kinzinger and any other Republican who voted to impea...
Feb 05, 2021
Oglesby looks to rename street to the name its known by
An Oglesby street is known as Sunset Blvd. for about three-quarters of a mile. Then it suddenly becomes Roebuck St. for the last 200 feet. Nobody seems to know that except map makers and whoever put u...
Feb 05, 2021
Illinois 251 closed overnight while 34 stranded motorists were rescued
UPDATED STORY Thirty-four people were rescued after their cars got stuck in ditches and snow drifts on Illinois 251 between Mendota and Peru. The Illinois Department of Transportation closed the highw...
Feb 05, 2021
Ending cash bail is big hangup for Rep. Welter on police reform bill
Morris Republican St. Rep. David Welter is urging Gov. Pritzker to veto the police reform bill sent to him. Welter says eliminating cash bail is the big hangup for him. Welter wants the General Assemb...
Feb 05, 2021
Take care of freeze-prone water pipes this weekend
Frozen water pipes could be a problem in some homes this weekend. Karen Cotton with Illinois American Water says running a trickle of water somewhere in the home can keep the water flowing so it doesn...
Feb 04, 2021
LaSalle County GOP censures Cong. Kinzinger; state GOP could soon
The LaSalle County Republican Party reports its central committee has voted, with 88% of members agreeing, to censure Cong. Adam Kinzinger. The party disapproves of him for not meeting with the centra...
Feb 03, 2021
Yednock still learning about police reform bill brought up in waning legislature
Critics of the police reform bill the legislature sent to Gov. Pritzker say police won't be allowed to do anything in some situations. WCMY News asked St. Rep. Lance Yednock if it's true that police w...
Feb 03, 2021