Category Archives: WCMY News
Levee project nearly paid for
The city of Marseilles is almost done paying for the sewer plant levee improvement project. The city council paid about $4,000 to the engineering firm it used and $100,000 to the contractor Wednesday....
Jul 03, 2020
Three more LaSalle County COVID-19 cases; six more recoveries
LaSalle County has three more COVID-19 cases for a total of 222. The health department says the new cases are a teen, a woman in her twenties, and a woman in her fifties. There were six new recoveries...
Jul 02, 2020
17-year-old victim identified in Princeton shooting
17-year-old Caleb E. Conrath of Princeton was identified by the Bureau County Coroner's Office as the person shot and killed Wednesday. The shooting happened in the four o'clock hour in the 200 block ...
Jul 02, 2020
Social distancing and masks part of IVCC's plan to return to the classroom
Illinois Valley Community College plans to return to face-to-face classes this fall. Vice President of Academic Affairs Debora Anderson says it won't be every class. Classes will also have fewer stude...
Jul 02, 2020
Big crowds expected at state parks over the weekend
Conservation police are warning people not to park on the highways if parking fills up at Starved Rock and Matthiessen state parks over the holiday weekend. Captain Laura Petreikis says people should ...
Jul 02, 2020
Two shot in Princeton; one dead
UPDATE: Police are looking for a person of interest in the investigation named Davijon Robinson. He is thought to be in Kewanee. The Princeton Police Department is looking into a shooting that left on...
Jul 01, 2020
LaSalle County adds four coronavirus cases to its count
LaSalle County is up to 219 coronavirus cases. The health department announced four new cases on Wednesday. The new cases are a teen, a woman in her twenties, and two women in their fifties. There are...
Jul 01, 2020
Streator police looking for information on stabbing
Streator police are asking for anyone with information on a stabbing that happened in the 600 block of Illinois Street on Tuesday to come forward. A woman was stabbed by someone she is said to know. S...
Jul 01, 2020
Music in the Park back on
The Ottawa City Council is bringing back Music in the Park at Washington Park in the downtown area. It had been canceled in May because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Dan Aussem says people wanted...
Jul 01, 2020
Sandwich Fair canceled
The Sandwich Fair Association has canceled the annual fair that has been held in Sandwich since the 1880's due to coronavirus concerns. It was planned for September. A statement from the fair associat...
Jul 01, 2020