Category Archives: WCMY News
Man found in river was one of two missing fishermen
The man whose body was found in the Illinois River by Covel Creek west of Ottawa Saturday had fallen into the water while fishing 70 miles away in Kankakee, Conservation Police confirmed Tuesday. Fort...
Jun 2, 2020
Marseilles implements city fines to use instead of criminal charges for businesses disobeying executive orders
The Marseilles City Council last week passed an ordinance that establishes city level violations for disobeying rules set by the governor during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says he doe...
Jun 2, 2020
People on edge over threat that doesn't materialize
Anxiety and rumors got the best of a lot of people in the area yesterday as they exaggerated ordinary local crime stories into tales of looters coming from outside the area to cause mayhem. People ret...
Jun 2, 2020
Local protests against George Floyd's killing are peaceful but strong
Around 300 people formed a walking rally in LaSalle yesterday afternoon to protest police brutality against minorities: One of that event's organizers identified herself as Sarah Berg. The people who ...
Jun 1, 2020
Small demonstration in Ottawa to protest police brutality
A small group of demonstrators held signs with slogans like "black lives matter" to protest police brutality in Ottawa's Washington Park Monday evening. A passerby named Ameer Hammad joined them. Anot...
Jun 1, 2020
Peru chief says incident near mall unrelated to protests
Peru police handled a domestic situation near the mall in the noon hour Monday. Several people were arrested later on Shooting Park Road. Chief Doug Bernabei says it was totally unrelated to any prote...
Jun 1, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases on Monday in LaSalle County
LaSalle County had no new coronavirus cases on Monday. The health department says the county has 154 total cases. Illinois is up to 121,234 cases and 5,412 deaths. It added 974 cases on Monday and 23 ...
Jun 1, 2020
Body recovered from Illinois River Saturday identified as Matteson man
The body recovered from the Illinois River on Saturday has been identified as 41-year-old Nicholas P. Williams of Matteson. The LaSalle County Coroner's Office says an autopsy will be done on the body...
Jun 1, 2020
Protests against police brutality planned for this afternoon
Protests against police brutality are planned this afternoon in Streator and LaSalle. The protests come a week after George Floyd, a man in police custody in Minneapolis, died. A Streator Police Depar...
Jun 1, 2020
OTHS Board says more legal action unlikely in Burgess firing case
It's in the hands of the local courts now to decide how to proceed over the firing of Ottawa High School Teacher Tim Burgess in 2015. The Illinois Supreme Court decided not to look at the Third Distri...
Jun 1, 2020