Category Archives: WCMY News
New Laws Taking Effect in Illinois January First Include Driving Ban While on Zoom
(Springfield, IL) -- A host of new laws takes effect January 1st in Illinois -- including one that bans anyone from driving while they're on a Zoom video call. Also beginning January first, almost all...
Dec 26, 2023
WCMY Full News Report for 12/26/23:
La Salle-Peru High School is contemplating stricter cellphone regulations for students in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. Board Member Carol Alcorn mentioned the administration's initiative to sur...
Dec 26, 2023
New Illinois Law Opens Door For Some Community College Students
(Springfield, IL) -- One of Illinois' new laws for the new year will make it easier for some community college students to go to four-year universities. The law will allow anyone who has at least a 3....
Dec 26, 2023 Got Credit / CC
Historic Santa Restoration Effort Underway In Central Illinois
(McLean County, IL) -- Christmas may have come and gone, but the effort to get Santa back to Central Illinois is far from over. Two fiberglass Santa statues that were on display at the old Livingston'...
Dec 26, 2023 Dwayne / CC
Second-Warmest Chicago Christmas On Record
(Chicago, IL) -- Unseasonably warm weather put a damper on any hopes of a white Christmas. Chicago experienced the second-warmest December 25th since they began taking records. The temp hit 59 degrees...
Dec 26, 2023 Luis Graterol / Unsplash
WCMY full News Report for 12/25/23:
In May, Utica-area taxpayers will face higher bills from Waltham Elementary due to an approved 18-cent increase in the district's tax rate. The Waltham School District 185 Board held a truth in taxati...
Dec 25, 2023
New Illinois Law Invests $20M for New Grocery Stores
(Springfield, IL) -- A new law that takes effect in Illinois on January 1st, is aimed at preventing so-called food deserts in areas where residents have to travel for miles to find a grocery store. It...
Dec 25, 2023 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Residents Mistake Christmas Lights For Aliens
Residents of a Texas town are discovering that what they thought were aliens is a high-tech Christmas light show. Chris Hartgraves goes all out with Christmas decorations at his home in Georgetown, ab...
Dec 25, 2023 Steven Van Elk / Unsplash
Final Full Moon Of 2023 on Christmas night
The last full moon of the year will light up the sky on Christmas. It will reach maximum fullness on Tuesday evening. It's called the cold moon, a term used by Native Americans - in particular the Moh...
Dec 25, 2023 Jennifer Dunne / CC
Impaired driving threatens holiday joy: IDOT, ISP aim for safer roads to conclude the year
Impaired driving threatens holiday joy: IDOT, ISP aim for safer roads to conclude the year SPRINGFIELD - This holiday season, the Illinois Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Illin...
Dec 22, 2023 Sonny Abesamis / CC