Category Archives: WCMY News
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
No ice skating rink in Ottawa this season
The ice skating rink isn't going up in Ottawa this winter. City officials say it was damaged last winter when the weather didn't get cold enough to freeze the water. The water sloshing around under th...
Jan 25, 2021
Long wait for COVID vaccines
More people can get the COVID-19 vaccines now. But it's a case of sign up and wait your turn. How long the wait will be, no one can be sure. Jenny Barrie with the LaSalle County Health Department says...
Jan 25, 2021
LaSalle County coronavirus statistics for Sunday
LaSalle County is up to 254 deaths attributed to COVID-19. The county's health department reported Sunday a man in his 80's is the latest to succumb to it. There have been 9,858 cases so far with 6,77...
Jan 25, 2021