Category Archives: WCMY News

Illinois House candidate Travis Breeden says he spent a night in jail eight years ago after a ruckus with his then-wife at their home. He says she didn't want him to leave to visit his father who was ...

A bar and video gambling business on Champlain St. doesn't have the Ottawa City Council's approval yet, but it looks like it will in two weeks. The Plan Commission recommended rejecting the zoning cha...

The Red Cross is helping a family that's out of their home south of Mendota after a fire yesterday morning. Mendota Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser says the fire started in the basement. The cause is be...

Story by Michael McKenna LaSalle County plans to offer approximately 245 real estate items and mobile homes to the general public through a sealed bid auction sale on Sep 18. That's because tax deed p...

With 39 more deaths added to the tally, the state of Illinois has now logged 8,064 fatal coronavirus cases as of Tuesday. State figures say 1,492 more people have been diagnosed with the virus. That m...

A historical marker to remember the Manitowoc Ship Building Company is being placed in Morris. U.S.S. Chicago Base Commander John Connon with the U.S. Submarine Veterans says 28 of the submarines buil...

Illinois Valley Community College is trying its ground-only flight school class again. After just two classes in March, the pandemic forced a cancellation. But a new class for prospective pilots is st...

A Streator man who allegedly fired a gun inside a home Saturday night and then fled was found Monday afternoon. LaSalle County Sheriff's deputies and Streator police were looking for 34-year old Elija...

The replica canal boat along the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Ottawa needs repairs from the storm of three weeks ago. Ottawa Canal Association President Arnie Bandstra is contacting builders for cos...

Three more LaSalle County residents have died of COVID-19, according to the county's health department. That makes 48. They were a man in his 80, and two women in their 80s and 90s. The county has had...