Category Archives: WCMY News
Locally filed lawsuit over high school sports shutdowns transferred to Sangamon County
The locally filed lawsuit against Gov. Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association over sports cancellations is being transferred to Sangamon County. Lawyers for the state argued that multiple l...
Jan 22, 2021
Six year prison sentence for cocaine dealer
A Marseilles man arrested in August after a drug dealing investigation that went back to last January is going to prison. Forty-seven year old Eddie "Capone" Booker pleaded guilty last week. He took a...
Jan 22, 2021
Coronavirus statistics from LaSalle County Health Dept. for Thursday
A man in his 80's has been added to the fatal coronavirus case count for LaSalle County. The county's health department says that brings the county to 251. There are 3,048 active and probable cases, u...
Jan 21, 2021
Marseilles to borrow for City Hall renovations, refinance sewer bonds
The city of Marseilles is refinancing nearly $3 million in bonds for sewer work. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says the city can get a lower interest rate and save $156,000 over the next decade. The city is al...
Jan 21, 2021
Tours resume at Hegeler Carus Mansion
Tours resume today at Hegeler Carus Mansion in LaSalle. Executive Director Cindy Waddick says they haven't been going on for a while because of pandemic restrictions. There are still some restrictions...
Jan 21, 2021
Traffic crash claims Mendota man's life south of Mendota
A northbound driver on Illinois 251 died in a two-vehicle crash south of Mendota yesterday morning. The LaSalle County Sheriff's Department and Coroner's Office say 20-year old Kaine M. Pizano-Olson w...
Jan 21, 2021
LaSalle County reaches 250th fatal coronavirus case
The fatal coronavirus case count in LaSalle County has reached 250. The LaSalle County Health Department says the case was of a man in his 40's. Most of the cases have been of people in their 70's or ...
Jan 20, 2021
Nine apply for open judge's seat
Nine people have applied for an open judgeship in LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy counties. They include former LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne and former State's Attorney Karen Donnelly. Donn...
Jan 20, 2021
Federal lawmakers propose Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act
The U.S. House and Senate handled different versions of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act last year, but none became law. Sen. Dick Durbin says it's time to try again. The bill would require inves...
Jan 20, 2021
Peru attorney to be Bureau County judge
A lawyer who lives in Peru will become an associate judge in Bureau County. James Andreoni has been the Spring Valley City Attorney for more than 25 years and the Oglesby City Attorney for the last ei...
Jan 19, 2021