Category Archives: WCMY News
A Romeoville man died in a multi-vehicle motorcycle accident in Seneca Friday
51 year old Sean Dorgan of Romeoville was the driver who died at the scene of a multi vehicle motorcycle accident on the Grand Ridge-Mazon Blacktop at E. 28th Rd in Seneca. The accident happened Frida...
Oct 13, 2020
LaSalle County tops 2,000 coronavirus cases; state tops 9,000 coronavirus deaths
LaSalle County's coronavirus case count so far has topped 2,000. With the addition of 21 new cases Tuesday, the county's sum is 2,018. Of those, 1,458 people have recovered and 58 have died. The Illin...
Oct 13, 2020
Illinois Valley Regional Dispatching to move into Peru police place
When the Peru police department gets a new police station, the people who dispatch the emergency services in that area will move into the old one. Police Chief Doug Bernabei says the Illinois Valley R...
Oct 13, 2020
Seven-hour Interstate closure after car comes off trailer
A car came off a car trailer on Interstate 39 near Lostant late last night and a semi-truck hit it. The semi-truck then hit a guardrail, tipped over, and caught fire. Illinois State Police say no one ...
Oct 13, 2020
LaSalle County GOP urges voters not to keep Kilbride on the Illinois State Supreme Court
LaSalle Republican County Central Committee unanimously recommends a vote of non-retention for Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride for the 3rd Judicial District. Justice Kilbride is up for ...
Oct 13, 2020
La Salle County real estate tax deadline is quickly approaching
La Salle County says if your taxes are not paid by Friday you will receive a certified letter in the mail and that means a $10.00 surcharge. Only certified check, cashier's check, money order or cash ...
Oct 12, 2020
Police ask for help finding missing Mendota man
Mendota police want help finding 33-year old Wesley J. Shaver. He was last seen in the Rockford area about three weeks ago. He was wearing an olive green hooded sweatshirt, gray or blue basketball sho...
Oct 12, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Monday, October 12
LaSalle County's first coronavirus related death in two weeks was reported by the LaSalle County Health Department over the weekend. The person was a man in his 80s and he was the 58th to succumb to i...
Oct 12, 2020
Sen. Durbin tells of heart defect patient's plight at Supreme Court nomination hearing
Sen. Dick Durbin believes Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is all about eliminating Pres. Obama's health care law. When the Judiciary Committee hearing started Monday, Du...
Oct 12, 2020
Volunteers wanted for 4H
The effort to change an old notion about 4H continues as recruiting has moved online. Youth Development Educator Beth Dellatori is emphasizing that 4H is not just for kids growing up on farms. Dellato...
Oct 12, 2020