Category Archives: WCMY News
Mediacom announces scholarship application period
Mediacom Communications is offering $60,000 in scholarships this year for high school seniors. This is the 20th year the company has offered scholarships. Students have until February 15 to apply. The...
Jan 03, 2021
IDOT taking comments on Lowell bridge repair
The Illinois 178 bridge over the Vermillion River just north of Lowell needs repairs. The Illinois Department of Transportation says it was built in 1934 and was last rehabilitated in 1989. Location a...
Jan 02, 2021
St. Margaret's-IVCH consolidation takes effect
St. Margaret's Health is the name of the operation running the hospitals in Spring Valley and Peru now. St. Margaret's and Illinois Valley Community Hospital have consolidated their operations. It's a...
Jan 01, 2021
Environmental cleanup still going on along Ottawa riverfront
The plan was for the coal tar cleanup at the former Ottawa Central School property to be done before 2020 ended. Nicor Gas spokeswoman Jennifer Golz says the cleanup contractor found an obstacle that ...
Jan 01, 2021
Fatal coronavirus cases hold steady in county on final day of 2020
No fatal coronavirus cases were added to the LaSalle County Health Department's total Thursday. So it remains at 233. New cases numbered 64 and recoveries numbered 30. The number of currently active a...
Dec 31, 2020
Court case filed over proposed barge operation
Two Grundy County residents are taking the state and an oil transport company to court to try to get a hearing on a proposed barge fleeting operation that would be developed east of Seneca. Richard an...
Dec 31, 2020
Oglesby officers involved in shooting on leave; suspect named and charged
The two Oglesby police officers involved in the shooting Tuesday night are on administrative leave. That's a normal development after such an incident and isn't indicative of any wrongdoing on their p...
Dec 31, 2020
Salvation Army red kettle fundraiser ending
The Ottawa Salvation Army chapter's red kettles are already being put away as the annual fundraiser ends today. Lt. Justice Smith says the fundraiser, a regular part of the Christmas season, supports ...
Dec 31, 2020
Six more lives claimed by coronavirus according to county health department report
The number of active coronavirus cases in LaSalle County grew by 17 Wednesday to 2,794. New cases outnumbered recoveries 103 to 86. The LaSalle County Health Department says six more people have died ...
Dec 30, 2020
State's Attorney deciding on charges in Oglesby shooting
LaSalle County State's Attorney Todd Martin is deciding today what charges to bring against a 35-year old man who allegedly shot at two Oglesby police officers last night. At a news conference this mo...
Dec 30, 2020