Category Archives: WCMY News
WCMY full News Report for 12/25/23:
In May, Utica-area taxpayers will face higher bills from Waltham Elementary due to an approved 18-cent increase in the district's tax rate. The Waltham School District 185 Board held a truth in taxati...
Dec 25, 2023
New Illinois Law Invests $20M for New Grocery Stores
(Springfield, IL) -- A new law that takes effect in Illinois on January 1st, is aimed at preventing so-called food deserts in areas where residents have to travel for miles to find a grocery store. It...
Dec 25, 2023 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Residents Mistake Christmas Lights For Aliens
Residents of a Texas town are discovering that what they thought were aliens is a high-tech Christmas light show. Chris Hartgraves goes all out with Christmas decorations at his home in Georgetown, ab...
Dec 25, 2023 Steven Van Elk / Unsplash
Final Full Moon Of 2023 on Christmas night
The last full moon of the year will light up the sky on Christmas. It will reach maximum fullness on Tuesday evening. It's called the cold moon, a term used by Native Americans - in particular the Moh...
Dec 25, 2023 Jennifer Dunne / CC
Impaired driving threatens holiday joy: IDOT, ISP aim for safer roads to conclude the year
Impaired driving threatens holiday joy: IDOT, ISP aim for safer roads to conclude the year SPRINGFIELD - This holiday season, the Illinois Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Illin...
Dec 22, 2023 Sonny Abesamis / CC
Cookies, Pies Flying For Christmas
(San Antonio, TX) -- The nation's airports are slammed with Christmas travelers, trying to get home for the holidays. Many are bringing some sweet treats with them, and the TSA says that's perfectly o...
Dec 22, 2023 rochelle hartman / CC
WCMY Full News Report for 12/22/23:
On Wednesday, Carus LLC in La Salle reported a material spill that occurred during the removal of a third-party vendor's bin at its manufacturing plant. The company promptly addressed the incident and...
Dec 22, 2023
IDOT Says "Lanes opening where possible for holiday travel"
Lanes opening where possible for holiday travel Non-emergency closures are suspended; motorists should still expect work zones SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today t...
Dec 21, 2023 Reuben Ingber / CC
86 Year Old Donates 200th Gallon of Blood
(San Diego, CA) -- An 86-year-old man has just donated his 200th gallon of blood. Bob Fisher has been donating at the San Diego Blood Bank since 1976. Records show he's donated various blood products ...
Dec 21, 2023 National Library of Medicine
Santa Tracker Started 68 Years Ago "By Accident"
(Colorado Springs, CO) -- For one day each year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, adds a special mission: tracking Santa Claus. General Glen VanHerck is NORAD's Com...
Dec 21, 2023 Huge Cool / CC