Category Archives: WCMY News
By mail and in person, voting has begun
Things got busy for LaSalle County Clerk Lori Bongartz today as early voting began. She has to sort through the ballot requests while accommodating voters showing up in person. Bongartz says some requ...
Sep 24, 2020
Local unemployment continues drop, still affects about one in 11 in the workforce
Unemployment continues dropping, according to Illinois Department of Employment Security figures announced Thursday. LaSalle County's August rate was 9.3%, down from 10.1% in July. Bureau County's was...
Sep 24, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Thursday, September 24
State coronavirus figures announced Thursday say there were 30 more fatal cases for 8,538. That's out of 281,371 cases altogether including 2,257 added Thursday. The LaSalle County Health Department s...
Sep 24, 2020
Archbishop John Myers, grew up in Earlville, dies at 79
Part of Archbishop John J. Myers' legacy is urging Catholics to put forth a clear Catholic identity. Myers, born in Ottawa in 1941, died in Ottawa this week at age 79 at a senior care facility where h...
Sep 24, 2020
Labor of Love home repairs delayed until April
Hundreds of volunteers who would get together for the Labor of Love home repair day next week will have to wait. The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County is postponing the repair day until April 24. A...
Sep 24, 2020
Labor of Love home repairs delayed until April
Hundreds of volunteers who would get together for the Labor of Love home repair day next week will have to wait. The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County is postponing the repair day until April 24. A...
Sep 24, 2020
Oglesby to refinance $2.7 million in bonds
Oglesby city leaders are expecting to save up to $50,000 refinancing bonds to lower interest rates. John Vezzetti of Bernardi Securities told the City Council this week, he expects to drop two whole p...
Sep 24, 2020
Survey says Oglesby residents favor some parking restrictions on narrow streets
A majority of people who answered surveys in Oglesby recently want parking restrictions. Commissioner Jason Curran says one question was on limiting parking to one side on narrow streets so vehicles c...
Sep 24, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Wednesday, September 23
Twenty-two more people died of coronavirus across the state in the Illinois Department of Public Health's figures announced Wednesday. The total is now 8,508. There were 1,848 cases added to the overa...
Sep 23, 2020
Candidate thoughts on U.S. House passing spending bill to get into December
Even though it's another short term spending bill, there's a sense of relief among some people that the U.S. House passed it Tuesday night. Republican Cong. Adam Kinzinger says it's one less immediate...
Sep 23, 2020