Category Archives: WCMY News
RED CROSS IS CALLING ALL FOOTBALL FANS
The start of a new year is the perfect time to make a resolution to help others. Make 2024 the year you become a blood donor. Donated before? Add another donation to your goals for 2024. January is Na...
Jan 3, 2024 WCMY file picture of a blood drive in Ottawa in 2018
WCMY Full News Report for 1/3/23:
OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center says the first birth of 2024 at the hospital is Layla S. Madrigal who arrived on January 1st. Her parents are Yuridia Rivera and Miguel Madrigal Jr. of De...
Jan 3, 2024
OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Welcomes First Baby of 2024
(Mendota, IL | January 2, 2024) - Say hello to Layla S. Madrigal, the first baby of 2024! Layla was born at OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center on January 1 to parents Yuridia Rivera and Mig...
Jan 2, 2024
OSF HealthCare Hosts Community Blood Drives in Peru and Mendota
(January 2, 2024 | Mendota, IL) - OSF HealthCare will host two community blood drives in January with ImpactLife. On Tuesday, January 16, the ImpactLife Donor Bus will be located in the OSF Medical Gr...
Jan 2, 2024
LaSalle County Sheriff's Office arrested impaired drivers during holiday enforcement campaign
LaSalle County, Ottawa, Illinois - The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office partnered with the Illinois Department of Transportation and law enforcement across the state for the holiday "Drive Sober or Get...
Jan 2, 2024
Winning Powerball Ticket Worth Estimated $842 Million Sold In Michigan
Some lucky winner or winners, will be starting off the new year hundreds of millions of dollars richer after Monday's Powerball drawing. A single winning ticket was sold in Michigan worth an estimated...
Jan 2, 2024 The Powerball
ljackpot has been increased from $925 million to $960 million for tomorrow night's drawing
WCMY Full News Report for 1/2/24:
A Streator man was rescued from a house fire on New Year's Day at 410 North Shabbona Street. Streator firefighters arrived after 11 a.m. following reports of smoke. They found the resident outside, in...
Jan 2, 2024
OTHS Hall of Fame inductees for 2024
OTHS Hall of Fame Press Release December 29, 2023 The Ottawa Township High School Hall of Fame was established in 2006 by the OTHS District 140 Educational Foundation, Inc. The focus of the Hall of Fa...
Dec 31, 2023
WCMY Full News Report for 12/29/23:
On Thursday morning, the Ottawa City Council convened a Town Hall meeting to disclose the outcomes of a study conducted by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, commissioned earlier in the summer. The...
Dec 29, 2023
Weird News: Pizza With 1K Cheeses Breaks Guinness Record
(Lyon) -- Two French chefs and a cheesemaker have broken a Guinness World Record by creating a pizza with over a thousand different types of cheese. Pizza Chef Benot Bruel of Lyon was behind the culin...
Dec 29, 2023 Pablo Pacheco / Unsplash