Category Archives: WCMY News
Streator police serve Livingston County warrant on alleged drug dealer
Streator police served a Livingston County warrant for alleged drug dealing on 37-year old Randall Gross. The Streator man was arrested at Morrell and Monroe streets Thursday afternoon. He was sent to...
Oct 16, 2020
Ottawa City Council hears from public on food trucks
Ottawa City Council members may look at the city's first food truck regulations Tuesday night. They listened to the public in a workshop meeting yesterday. Some people are all for food trucks bringing...
Oct 16, 2020
Sen. Durbin says Supreme Court nomination hearings have become almost useless
Sen. Dick Durbin says since he's been on the Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nomination hearings have become almost useless. The Illinois Democrat says Judge Amy Coney Barrett gave non-answers to t...
Oct 15, 2020
Funeral director out of hospital; embezzling trial not rescheduled yet
If not for being hospitalized, 52-year old William "BJ" Elias might have taken his embezzling case to trial by now. But a judge will have a hearing in two weeks to assess what needs to be done next in...
Oct 15, 2020
St. Rep. Welter isolating himself after positive coronavirus test
St. Rep. David Welter of Morris says he has tested positive for COVID-19. The Morris Republican announced Thursday morning he has mild symptoms and went to Morris Hospital to be checked out. He says h...
Oct 15, 2020
Adoration chapels in Ottawa Catholic churches, often staffed by elderly parishioners, remain closed
Eucharistic Adoration Sanctuaries at Ottawa Catholic churches remain closed due to the pandemic. Of the mass schedule Father David Kipfer, Pastor at St. Columba, says: A unique feature of Catholic chu...
Oct 15, 2020
St. Margaret's Hospital and IVCH reach partnership deal
Pending regulator approval, St. Margaret's Hospital and Illinois Valley Community Hospital are affiliating. More than a year-and-a-half since they announced talks about joining forces, the hospitals a...
Oct 15, 2020
Rural fires near Streator and Tonica
Fire damaged part of a one-story house along Illinois 18 west of Streator yesterday afternoon. No people were home when the fire started. A dog that was there wasn't hurt. Numerous fire departments fo...
Oct 15, 2020
Peru hoping for grant money to build new electric substation
The city of Peru intends to ask for a grant to move an electric substation out of the floodplain. City Engineer Eric Carls says the project might costs millions of dollars, but he knows of a federal g...
Oct 15, 2020
Scrap burns in building at Cimco Recycling
A man watching fire fighters put out the fire at Cimco Recycling Wednesday morning says he believes he saw a welding tank fly into the air when it started. James Cooper says he's done welding and is f...
Oct 14, 2020