Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC food pantry drive finds out just how generous Illinois Valley residents are
Illinois Valley Community College set out to raise 100 basic need items for the on-campus Eagles Peak food pantry. The drive yielded a total of 860 dental care items, from bars of soap and deodorants ...
Nov 3, 2023
LaSalle County Deputies looking for speeders near Magnolia Thursday morning
Early Thursday morning, LaSalle County Deputies arrested 24-year-old Adrianna Gerard of Peoria near Route 18 and East First Road for speeding. Deputies allegedly clocked Gerard at 74 in a 55-mile-per-...
Nov 3, 2023
Ottawa Police blotter for Thursday
On Thursday, Forty-four-year-old Nicole Konopinski of Ottawa was charged with retail theft. Ottawa police say they caught up with Konopinski at her home on Joliet Street. She was given a notice to app...
Nov 3, 2023
Press Release: Trident Agents executed a search warrant in Streator.
Press Release On 11/03/23, Trident Agents executed a search warrant on the residence located at 1008 Maple St. Streator, IL. As a result of the warrant, Agents located approximately 30 grams of purpor...
Nov 3, 2023
8th Annual Wine and Art Walk kicks off tomorrow in Ottawa
Ottawa is set to host the 8th Annual Wine and Art Walk tomorrow. It's a unique celebration that encourages visitors to explore downtown while sampling an array of wines and discovering works of art. Y...
Nov 3, 2023
Press Release: IVCC's Second Annual Agriculture Job and Internship Fair on Thursday, Nov. 9
From Illinois Valley Community College's Community Relations Office, (815) 224-0465 IVCC's Second Annual Agriculture Job and Internship Fair on Thursday, Nov. 9, demonstrates that agriculture isn't ju...
Nov 3, 2023
WCMY Full News Report for 11/3/2023
No new information has been released following the report around 2:00 a.m. Thursday of shots being fired on Ottawa's west side in the 1100 block of Pine Street. Ottawa Police says preliminary investig...
Nov 3, 2023
Daylight Savings Ends this weekend
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 5th. While you're setting all your clocks back an hour before going to bed Saturday night the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal reminds you to replac...
Nov 2, 2023
Grisly discovery on Halloween along the Ottawa Riverwalk
Ottawa Police and EMS made a grisly discovery on Halloween. A person lay unresponsive and lifeless on the Illinois Riverwalk at the 500 block of Columbus Street shortly after noon. An Ottawa Ambulance...
Nov 2, 2023 WCMY file photo of an Ottawa ambulance at the south side fire station
Shots fired in Ottawa
Thursday at about 2 p.m., Ottawa Police responded to a report of shots fired, in the 1100 block of Pine Street. Preliminary investigations indicate that this is an isolated incident, and there is not ...
Nov 2, 2023