Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa River Rescue team is completely volunteer based and 100% donation funded
(above image used by permission) Unsung and passionate Ottawa volunteers ply Illinois riverways in event you need to call 911 due to a boating emergency. Ottawa River Rescue is funded completely by su...
Oct 26, 2020
Crash with deer claims Sheridan man's life
Grundy County Coroner John Callahan calls it a freak crash. Fifty-three year old Christopher T. Daly of Sheridan died Friday after a deer crash through his windshield. Another vehicle hit the deer, se...
Oct 26, 2020
Ottawa to start charging for repeated false alarms
Ottawa businesses and homes with fire and security alarm problems will start paying for fire department and police responses. A new ordinance says after the third false alarm in less than a year, the ...
Oct 25, 2020
Reinstated teacher will retire soon
Some people might wonder why teacher Tim Burgess wanted to return to Ottawa High School if the administration has treated him as badly as he says. After a five-year court battle, Burgess walked into O...
Oct 24, 2020
LaSalle County reports 63rd coronavirus fatality as it goes back on warning list
Half the counties in the state are on the Illinois Department of Public Health warning list for rising COVID-19 infection numbers. LaSalle County is included as of Friday's update. The state is warnin...
Oct 23, 2020
Trident arrests alleged drug dealers in Streator and LaSalle Thursday.
Trident arrested three people in Streator Thursday night for allegedly dealing heroin. Twenty year old Bobby C. Richardson, Jr., 25-year old Shawna R. Stevenson, and 30-year old Godfrey C. Bennett are...
Oct 23, 2020
21 year old sexual predator suspect taken into custody this morning
21 year old Chris J Lurz of Long Point, IL was arrested Friday morning at 8:30am by La Salle County deputies on one count of alleged Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, a class X felony. Lurz allegedly...
Oct 23, 2020
Oglesby begins adopting parking restrictions
Anyone who parks a vehicle in Oglesby needs to pay attention to the signs. The city council has begun adopting parking restrictions. Some narrow streets are being restricted to parking on just one sid...
Oct 23, 2020
Ottawa water main flushing to resume; October 26 to 30 schedule here
After a four-week pause, Ottawa’s water department resumes water main flushing next week. Monday, October 26 W. Marquette from Boyce Memorial Dr. east to Columbus St. Price Subd. Pickwick, Polk,...
Oct 23, 2020
Local unemployment dropping but still way up over a year ago
Local unemployment dropped from August to September. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the combined rate for LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam counties went from 8.7% to 7.8%. LaSalle Coun...
Oct 23, 2020