Category Archives: WCMY News
Three new COVID-19 recoveries, one new case
The LaSalle County Health Department only had one new COVID-19 case to report on Tuesday. The county is up to 141 cases. The new case is a woman in her twenties. Three more people who contracted the v...
May 26, 2020
Man who reportedly jumped from bridge may be alive
A man who reportedly jumped off the Interstate 39 Abraham Lincoln bridge into the Illinois River may be alive. Illinois State Police are investigating some information that he's alive somewhere. A Sta...
May 26, 2020
Anthony Place housing development nearly complete
The Anthony Place housing development in downtown Ottawa on Clinton Street is just about complete. The $12-million project has 56 apartments for people ages 55-years and older took around a year to bu...
May 26, 2020
Peru police chief warns of roof repair scam
Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei says watch out for scammers pulling roof repair cons. Anyone doing roof work in Peru has to be registered with City Hall, and similar rules are in effect in many other ...
May 26, 2020
Marseilles police officer spots fire
Marseilles police officer saw smoke early this morning. Officer Alfonso Valdez reported it. The Marseilles Fire Department went to the 200 block of Mill St. and found a mobile home on fire. No one had...
May 26, 2020
IVCC fall 2020 enrollment could be on par with fall 2019
Illinois Valley Community College President Jerry Corcoran says it could be risky going to a four-year university next fall. If the pandemic isn't over, college classes may not be able to meet in pers...
May 26, 2020
Three more deaths attributed to coronavirus in LaSalle County
No new LaSalle County coronavirus cases were reported Monday. The total remains at 140. No more recoveries were announced either. That total remains at 73. The LaSalle County Health Department says th...
May 25, 2020
Ottawa High book and computer returns will be this week
Ottawa High School students need to return textbooks and laptop computers, if they have those, this week. Supt. Mike Cushing says they would have done it last week. But the flood required that the sch...
May 25, 2020
Man dies in train-pedestrian crash
A man died in Marseilles early this morning when he was hit by a train. Marseilles police say it happened at the Main St. crossing at 12:46am. His body was found on the south side of the tracks. Marse...
May 25, 2020
St. Sen. Rezin says lawmakers showed shocking lack of awareness giving themselves raises
Morris Republican St. Sen. Sue Rezin says she couldn't support the budget that passed the legislature for a number of reasons. She says it relies heavily on borrowing and hope that federal money will ...
May 25, 2020