Category Archives: WCMY News

Some of us are more than aware of the critical need for affordable housing in Ottawa. For some, all their effort is to just pay the mortgage on the home they live in and often repairs and upgrades are...

The Festival of Lights parade, and fireworks afterward, drew a large crowd from all over the Illinois Valley and the Chicago suburbs to downtown Ottawa Friday night. Foot traffic and car traffic were ...

In a somber turn of events on the north side of La Salle, the lifeless body of an 18-year-old male was found in a residence located in the 2200 block of Washington Street. La Salle officers and detect...

CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENT: The Illinois Valley Area Chamber is holding a Christmas Holiday Home Lighting Contest. It's open to all Marseilles and Seneca residents. All you have to do is decorate your hom...

>>Governor Pritzker Calls Homelessness in Illinois Unacceptable (Springfield, IL) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker says it's unacceptable that tens of thousands of Illinois residents go to sleep each n...

On Monday a little after 10:00 pm 74-year-old Marc Young of Galesburg was struck by 19-year-old Ryan Mann of Springfield at East 24th Road and North 30th Road just south of I80 north of Marseilles. Ry...

>>IL Hunters Harvested 262 Turkeys (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois hunters harvested 262 turkeys during the just completed 2023 season, the same number as last year. The best year for turkey hunti...

A new study shows that eating popcorn can help lower the risk of dementia. Researchers at Rush University in Chicago tracked 33 hundred seniors for six years and found that those who ate at least thre...

Man identified in fatal crash with a deer near Norway 21-year-old Arpankumar Patel of Ottawa was killed in an accident when his northbound vehicle struck a deer on Illinois Route 71 just north of Norw...

36-year-old John R Pierce of Streator was stopped by quick-thinking Ottawa police at 1st Avenue and Arche Street Tuesday. He was taken to La Salle County jail where he posted a 1,575 dollar bond for f...