Category Archives: WCMY News
Highway department begins moving into new building
The LaSalle County Highway Department began moving into its new building Wednesday. But it may be a few months before the building is fully functional. Until it is, the contractor won’t get all ...
Jul 10, 2020
Time again for Labor of Love applications
The United Way of Eastern LaSalle County is taking applications for the annual Labor of Love Home Repair program. Executive Director Shelli Ocepek says the pandemic has changed how things will be done...
Jul 10, 2020
Illinois adds 1,018 COVID-19 cases - the biggest increase in several weeks
The LaSalle County Health Department says the COVID-19 case count has risen by five. The total is now at 242. There were four new recoveries reported for a total of 179. The Illinois Department of Pub...
Jul 09, 2020
Ottawa Police Chief thinks armed police will always be needed
Ottawa Police Chief Brent Roalson isn't against seeing more training for police officers in social work. He doesn't think there will ever be a time when police aren't needed on the streets. Roalson is...
Jul 09, 2020
Hot, humid spell creates risk of heat illness
The long string of hot, humid days can be very hard on some bodies. Heat illness prevention means allowing the body to cool down from time to time. Dr. Nicholas Reinhart of the OSF St. Elizabeth Hospi...
Jul 09, 2020
Restaurant closes after employee's coronavirus test
People who had events booked at Red Dog Grill over the next few days are being notified that they're cancelled. Management announced Wednesday that it's closing the restaurant at Heritage Harbor until...
Jul 09, 2020
Back the Blue and Black Lives Matter to rally blocks apart from each other
An organization called Citizens Observing Police Service will put on a pro-police rally Saturday outside the LaSalle police station. After the Back the Blue rally at noon, there'll be a parade through...
Jul 09, 2020
Many questions still remain about returning to school in the fall
The Ottawa Grade School Board has more questions than answers after guidelines for returning to in-person instruction were released a few weeks ago. Supt. Cleve Threadgill told the board of education ...
Jul 08, 2020
Daughter of man found dead in LaSalle in 2018 says he was lynched; LaSalle Police Department confident death was suicide
An investigation into the death of a 40-year-old black man from Riverdale in 2018 near the 101 Supper Club in LaSalle ruled it a suicide by hanging. William Young’s daughter thinks her father wa...
Jul 08, 2020
980 new COVID-19 cases announced in Illinois; three in LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Health Department added three new COVID-19 cases to its count on Wednesday. The county has had 237 cases and 175 recoveries. Five new recoveries were announced Wednesday. Illinois i...
Jul 08, 2020