Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa Elementary district buys 1,005 iPads for e-learning
The Ottawa Grade School district is buying 1,000 iPad tablets. The board last week voted to spend nearly $400,000 on the new devices. Supt. Cleve Threadgill says it's for the district's one to one ini...
May 18, 2020
Brief tornado touchdown reported near Millington
The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down briefly about two miles northwest of Millington Sunday afternoon. Using social media posts and weather radar information, NWS believes the torn...
May 17, 2020
Sunday fires in Ottawa, Streator
Ottawa fire fighters put out a house fire in the 400 block of E. Main St. Sunday afternoon. The fire department says everyone got out of the house. No one was hurt. The fire was put out quickly with t...
May 17, 2020
Master gardeners class goes in-depth about plants, soil, more
The people paying $300 to learn how to become master gardeners will learn in-depth about plants, how they grow, soil, diseases that affect plants, and more. University of Illinois Extension Program Co...
May 17, 2020
Two new coronavirus cases in LaSalle County and four more recoveries
There are two more coronavirus cases in LaSalle County. The case total is at 119. The health department said on Saturday that another case reported on Thursday was not from the county and has been rem...
May 16, 2020
Half of LaSalle County COVID-19 deaths from Marseilles nursing home
Half the deaths caused by coronavirus in LaSalle County have been from the Aperion Care nursing home in Marseilles. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported four deaths at the facility on Fri...
May 16, 2020
One killed in crash with sand trailer between Ottawa and Grand Ridge
The driver of a northbound pickup truck on Rt. 23 in between Ottawa and Grand Ridge was killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning. LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton says there was a mechanical...
May 16, 2020
Three more COVID-19 deaths from LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting three new COVID-19 related deaths from LaSalle County. The people who died were two women in their sixties and another woman in her eighties. Eight fr...
May 15, 2020
Ottawa man hurt in Lee County crash that claims Shabbona man's life
An Ottawa man was hurt in a crash that claimed another man's life in Lee County Thursday afternoon. State Police say 57-year old Phillip J. Hatland had minor injuries after the other driver went off o...
May 15, 2020
LaSalle County State's Attorney won't object to businesses opening
LaSalle County State's Attorney Karen Donnelly isn't recommending that business owners flout the governor's orders to stay closed. But she is saying she won't bother them if they do. Donnelly said on ...
May 15, 2020