Category Archives: WCMY News
St. Rep. Demmer wants hearings into how to cut budget
St. Rep. Tom Demmer says it's well past time to hear the plan for dealing with an unbalanced budget. He says Democrats approved it banking on a progressive income tax and a federal bailout. The Dixon ...
Jan 05, 2021
Veterans and their reps ask IDVA leadership to resign over LaSalle outbreak
LaSalle County Veterans Assistance Commission Supt. Steven Kreitzer is among 16 veterans organization and agency leaders from across the state asking for new leadership at the Illinois Department of V...
Jan 05, 2021
Some schools returning to in-person learning
During an online meeting last night, the Ottawa Elementary School Board decided to stick with the plan to return to in-person school attendance next week. Supt. Cleve Threadgill says positive coronavi...
Jan 05, 2021
First baby of new year at St. Elizabeth was born Saturday
The first baby born at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Ottawa in 2021 is Laiken Snell. The boy was born at 2:42 in the morning on Saturday, more than one full day into the new year. The parents are Chloe Sh...
Jan 04, 2021
LaSalle County coronavirus statistics for Monday, January 4
The number of active coronavirus cases in LaSalle County held steady Monday at 2,914. The county health department reported the same number of recoveries as new cases with 29 of each. There have been ...
Jan 04, 2021
Varna man gets to put on more self defense evidence in murder retrial
The retrial for 27-year old Bradley French is scheduled for March. French got a 30-year prison sentence for shooting a man to death with a compound bow and a razor-tipped arrow in the Illinois Valley ...
Jan 04, 2021
Peru shooting incident leads to prison time
A Spring Valley man got a five year prison sentence last week on charges of firing a gun at a house and a car. The incident happened in Peru in July. A jury found 34-year old Semaj S. Jones guilty of ...
Jan 04, 2021
Prison time for man who wielded crossbow at police
A man is going to prison for a seven-year term for pointing a crossbow at police in Somonauk last June. Fifty-eight year old Curtis K. Poe pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and aggravated battery. ...
Jan 04, 2021
BEST Inc. aims to make 2021 a good year for area workers
The Business Employment Skills Team wants workers to know it can help them have a good 2021. Executive Director Carrie Folken says BEST's mission is to help employers and employees come together for w...
Jan 04, 2021
Fatal coronavirus cases reach 235 in county
LaSalle County Health Department figures out Sunday show 2,914 active and probable coronavirus cases. There have been 8,608 known cases altogether from the county. Two more fatal cases were added to t...
Jan 04, 2021