Category Archives: WCMY News
Financially challenged AMC owns movie theaters in Peru and Morris
The AMC movie theater chain says low cash flow could put it out of business. If so, its movie theaters in Morris and at the Peru Mall would close. Movie theaters were already facing financial challeng...
Jun 4, 2020
Two new COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County
LaSalle County has two more coronavirus cases according to the county health department. The cases are a woman in her thirties and a man in his forties. The county's total is now at 156. Illinois anno...
Jun 3, 2020
Marseilles Fun Days canceled but will return
The Marseilles Fun Days committee decided to cancel this year's event over restrictions in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Committee member Catherine Strottner says the fireworks are also c...
Jun 3, 2020
NCAT to upgrade to electronic payment system
North Central Area Transit is buying an electronic payment system. Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut says NCAT customers will be able to use an NCAT card to load funds onto for taking rides. ...
Jun 3, 2020
IVCC president says respect the essential dignity of each person
Illinois Valley Community College President Jerry Corcoran says he hopes and prays the destruction and looting following the death of George Floyd will end. Corcoran says IVCC's core values of respect...
Jun 3, 2020
Seneca man identified in fatal motorcycle crash
A Seneca man has been identified as the person who lost his life in a motorcycle crash in Norway Tuesday night. The county coroner's office named him as 50-year-old Burl T. Owen. Sheriff's deputies sa...
Jun 3, 2020
Motorcyclist dies in crash in Norway
A 50-year old man lost his life in a crash involving a motorcycle and a deer last night in Norway. LaSalle County deputies say the man was northbound on County Highway 3 when a deer ran onto the roadw...
Jun 3, 2020
Black Lives Matter demonstrators strike up dialogue with Ottawa Police Chief
UPDATE: A protest was in the works for LaSalle today, but it has been cancelled due to the weather. Organizer Angel Patterson says she’s trying to plan it for next Wednesday. A large group of Bl...
Jun 2, 2020
Two more coronavirus deaths and four more recoveries in LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Health Department says a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s are the two latest fatal cases of the COVID-19 virus in the county. That brings to 15 the number of deaths in the coun...
Jun 2, 2020
Record low mortgage interest rates keep lenders busy with applications
The pandemic isn't stopping people from applying for new home loans and refinancing while mortgage rates are at record lows. Nikki Youngsma, a mortgage officer at Financial Plus Credit Union, says shu...
Jun 2, 2020