Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle County COVID-19 case count still at 188
LaSalle County had no new COVID-19 cases to report on Saturday. The health department says the county's total is still at 188. It's been there since Friday. There have been 137 recoveries. Illinois ad...
Jun 20, 2020
Parade honors 100-year-old World War II Veteran
A crowd of neighbors gathered and watched a parade wishing happy birthday to now 100-year-old Francis "Kay" Killelea of Ottawa Saturday. The World War II veteran served in the Infantry in both Europe ...
Jun 20, 2020
Congressional candidates discuss police reform
Defunding the police isn't something Republican Cong. Adam Kinzinger is supporting. Some say that just means putting some police funding into other services. Kinzinger says there are some people who a...
Jun 20, 2020
Streator High School has two statewide FFA winners
The Streator High School FFA program has produced two statewide FFA Star award winners. Alea Ogle is a bakery owner and operator, running the Blue Eyed Rascal Baking Company in Streator. She wins the ...
Jun 20, 2020
Man found in creek was Kevin Comer
Fifty-nine year old Kevin Comer was the man whose body was found in Somonauk Creek in Sheridan Thursday afternoon. The LaSalle County Coroner's Office says Comer had recently moved to Sheridan after l...
Jun 19, 2020
Ottawa City Hall to close streets for Independence Day fireworks
Ottawa City Hall is closing streets and parking lots in the downtown area and the south side so people can see the fireworks display on Saturday July 4th. Public viewing areas are at the Jordan Block,...
Jun 19, 2020
No new LaSalle County COVID-19 cases; four new recoveries
There were no new COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County to report on Friday. The county health department says the case count remains at 188. Four more people have now recovered bringing that total to 137....
Jun 19, 2020
Riverfront development still snagged by deed restrictions
Ottawa has run into a snag in its riverfront development plan. The plan looks forward to hotels, an amphitheater, and a marina along the north side of the Illinois River where Central School used to b...
Jun 19, 2020
Ottawa will have fireworks in 2020
Raising money for it hasn't been easy this year, but there will be a fireworks show in Ottawa. Larry Johnson from Ottawa First said on WCMY's Morning Meeting Friday it'll be the night of Saturday, Jul...
Jun 19, 2020
Body found in creek in Sheridan
The name of a man whose body was found in Sheridan Thursday hasn't been made public yet. The LaSalle County Sheriff's Department says the body was found in Somonauk Creek around 1:20pm. Authorities di...
Jun 19, 2020