Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle County tops 10,000 coronavirus cases so far
There have been 10,043 known and probable coronavirus cases in LaSalle County. The county's health department says 6,945 of them have recovered. That's 69% and leaves 3,098 current cases as of Thursda...
Jan 29, 2021
Unemployment rate went up from November to December
More people were looking for work in December than in November in this area. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says rates went up from 4.7% to 5.3% in Bureau County, 4.7% to 5.1% in Putna...
Jan 28, 2021
Marseilles man accused of participating in Capitol riot
A 27-year old Marseilles man is charged in federal court in Washington, DC with taking part in the riot on January 6. The FBI says two people who are connected to Mathew Capsel via social media tipped...
Jan 28, 2021
Ottawa High to join lawsuit against vaping product maker
Ottawa High School is joining as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Juul vaping products company. School Board President Don Harris says there are numerous school districts across the country going ...
Jan 28, 2021
IHSA Board Announces Remaining Sports Schedule
(Springfield, IL) — The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors is releasing the sports schedule for the remainder of the current School year. The board announced yesterday that prac...
Jan 28, 2021
County close to 10,000 COVID cases so far
The LaSalle County Health Department reports a man in his 70's has died of the coronavirus. His is the 255th fatal case of the virus from the county. So far, there have been 9,975 cases with 6,925 rec...
Jan 27, 2021
Collective bargaining rights, highway naming honors in new Yednock bills
St. Rep. Lance Yednock wants the people of Illinois to vote on making collective bargaining a right under the state's constitution. He introduced a resolution on it earlier this month. It's been sent ...
Jan 27, 2021 St. Rep. Lance Yednock
Local Republicans to publicly express dissatisfaction with Cong. Kinzinger
Republican Cong. Adam Kinzinger has said he knew he could pay a political price for speaking out against Pres. Trump and voting to impeach him. The LaSalle County Republican Party Central Committee pl...
Jan 27, 2021
Princeton hospital to become part of OSF Healthcare
Another independently run hospital in the region is becoming part of a bigger hospital system. There's an affiliation agreement between OSF Healthcare and Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton. A joint...
Jan 26, 2021
School administrators await IHSA decision about sports seasons
High schools will have six months to get in sports seasons that would normally be spread over nine or more. The Illinois High School Association is to meet Wednesday and figure out how to do it. The w...
Jan 26, 2021