Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa High to ask for $13.4 million in tax levy
Property owners in the Ottawa High School district will be asked to pay $13,414,000 in real estate taxes to the school next year. The school board plans to adopt the levy request on December 14th. Sup...
Nov 17, 2020
Sports not in the near future plan at Ottawa High
Ottawa High School Supt. Mike Cushing hopes the Illinois High School Association delays basketball season to February or March. Some other sports can start this week. But for now, they're not at OHS. ...
Nov 17, 2020
LaSalle County lives lost to coronavirus now number 98
The deaths of three men bring LaSalle County's fatal coronavirus case count to 98. Monday's report from the LaSalle County Health Department says a man in his 60s and two men in their 80s are the late...
Nov 16, 2020
Judge Carter prepares for Illinois Supreme Court position
Third District Appellate Judge Robert Carter of Ottawa says replacing a friend who lost his Illinois Supreme Court retention vote isn't the way he would have asked to be on the court. But the other ju...
Nov 16, 2020
Fatal corona count climbs to 95 in county
The LaSalle County Health Department added 106 new cases and 166 recoveries to its coronavirus statistics Sunday. There are 4,630 cases so far and 2,547 recoveries. That leaves 2,083 active and probab...
Nov 16, 2020
Social Security to expedite veterans for claims
The Social Security Administration says many disability claims submitted by a veteran can be immediately expedited to the front of the line. Myers calls it a “Thank You” for all the vets h...
Nov 16, 2020
County to keep finance director
The scandal she came in to help LaSalle County get through is over, but Joyce Tucker will stay on as the county's finance director. The board this month took up a three-year contract for her with pay ...
Nov 15, 2020
New OSF ambulance parking keeps medicines at right temperatures
Up to seven vehicles, including four ambulances and the OSF Care-A-Van, can fit inside the new OSF Transportation Center in Streator. The new 6,600 square foot building is next to the OSF Center for H...
Nov 14, 2020
Illegal gun sales case leads to three prison terms so far
Three of four people charged back in March with illegally selling guns in LaSalle County have been sentenced to prison. The latest is 21-year old Alexander G. Adams of Ottawa, who pleaded guilty this ...
Nov 14, 2020
Peru negotiating for engineering on new electrical substation
Two engineering firms have been chosen to design the new electrical substation in Peru. The city wants to move it from Water St. to Center St. so it's out of the floodplain. The City Council authorize...
Nov 14, 2020