Category Archives: WCMY News
National Weather Service wants more rain trackers
The National Weather Service is seeking residents across Illinois to be rainfall trackers. The job is for a NWS run website which tracks rain, hail and snowfall in your area. Meterologist Chris Miller...
Aug 15, 2020
ComEd still working on power outages in southern LaSalle County and Grundy County
ComEd says 433 of its LaSalle County customers are without electricity this morning. So are 108 in Grundy County and ten in Bureau County. They have been without it since the wind storm Monday. The La...
Aug 15, 2020
Former governor Jim Thompson has died
Former Governor Jim Thompson has died. He was 84. Thompson was a Republican and served as governor from 1977 to 1991. He was the state’s longest serving governor. In a statement issued this morn...
Aug 15, 2020
Owens Glass fire out quickly
A fire a little before 1am this morning was put out by Owens Glass employees and Streator fire fighters. The fire department says no one was hurt. It didn't give a cause for the fire. The fire departm...
Aug 15, 2020
Issues linger after settlement with fired and rehired deputy auditors
The LaSalle County Board has turned down a request to alter the settlement agreement that got two deputy auditors their jobs back. Tori Artman and Pamela Wright were fired in April last year but retur...
Aug 15, 2020
LaSalle County COVID-19 stats: surge in recoveries alongside continued surge in new cases
One additional COVID-19 related death was reported by the LaSalle County Health Department Friday. The individual listed was a woman in her nineties. Twenty-nine people have died from the virus county...
Aug 14, 2020
Eastbound I-80 closure tonight from Peru to LaSalle
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 from Illinois 251 to Interstate 39 will be closed overnight tonight (August 14 to 15) from 9pm to 5am. A bridge is being repaired over the Little Vermillion River....
Aug 14, 2020
Starved Rock State Park is mostly closed, Matthiessen entirely closed, for storm cleanup
Local state parks won't get any visitors this weekend. Starved Rock State Park is mostly closed. Matthiessen State Park is entirely closed. Site Superintendent Alvin Harper says you can be charged wit...
Aug 14, 2020
Social Security turns 85. Congressional candidate weighs in on it making it past 100.
The American Social Security system is 85 years old today. If funding and payout trends continue, it's going to be in serious trouble when it turns 100. The Social Security Administration says it will...
Aug 14, 2020
COVID-19 warning status again for LaSalle County; neighboring counties added too
LaSalle County is at warning level for COVID-19 again. It was put on the warning list late last month and Gov. Pritzker warned that restrictions could return if the number of coronavirus cases didn't ...
Aug 14, 2020