Category Archives: WCMY News
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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 2020
Local police departments watch for signs of unrest over Minnesota man's death
There were no signs of unrest in LaSalle County as protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis police custody, a week ago spread throughout other parts of Illinois. The Grundy ...
Jun 01, 2020
LaSalle County up to 154 coronavirus cases; state up to 120,260
The LaSalle County Health Department reported the coronavirus case count is up to 154. Three new cases were added to it Sunday. They are a teenage boy, a man in his 20s, and a woman in her 40s. Statew...
Jun 01, 2020
Illinois Department of Veterans' affairs asking people to help raise spirits at veterans' homes
The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs is asking communities to rise to the task of boosting the spirits of veterans living at veterans' homes like the one in LaSalle. Director Linda Chapa LaVia ...
Jun 01, 2020