Category Archives: WCMY News

Yesterday morning Marseilles Police officers responded to a reported break-in at 790 Oakley Street, where smoke detectors had been activated and the caller was trapped in the basement, believing the s...

Multiple agencies are responding to a house fire in the 700 block of Oakley Street in Marseilles, where a person was reportedly trapped in the basement. The fire was first reported around 5:20 a.m. --...

A 78-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene of a commercial fire at Harper's Towing, located at 2899 U.S. 52, in Sheridan on Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters from the Newark Fire Department, who...

A 30-year-old Streator man, Ty McCormick, was cited after police found a loaded .22 caliber handgun and suspected marijuana on him during a search. Officers responded to multiple calls after midnight,...

Ottawa resident Rachyl Newell, 26, began serving a three-month sentence at La Salle County Jail on Friday evening following her guilty plea to felony aggravated battery. Last week, Judge H. Chris Ryan...

A child is safe after he and his mother went missing in Grundy County. The Grundy County Sheriff's Office says deputies attempted to serve orders Wednesday to Emily Johnson on West Southmor Road in un...

Another local January 6th rioter has been pardoned. Joseph Bierbrodt, a 55-year-old formerly of Peru, was among those granted a presidential pardon for their alleged involvement in the January 6th ass...

A local man is benefiting from the pardoning of the Capital rioters by President Donald Trump. Ottawa resident Mathew Capsel, 31, is among over a thousand individuals charged or convicted in connectio...

Illinois continues to be in the deep freeze. The National Weather Service says high temps will only reach the single digits today, with wind chills as low as 30 below zero in some parts. A Cold Weathe...

Cold weather is forcing President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony to be moved indoors today. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will now be sworn into office in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The ...