Category Archives: WCMY News
Stage 212 in La Salle Offering Stage Makeup Workshop - Preregistration Required
Stage 212, 700 1st St in La Salle, is offering a stage makeup workshop with Narissa Keller at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. The workshop is for children and adults ages ten and up. Participants will le...
Sep 29, 2023
Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Sighted in Illinois
By Kate Reynolds The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has confirmed the first detection and identification of the invasive spotted lanternfly (SLF) in Illinois for the first time in a decade....
Sep 29, 2023 If allowed to spread in the United States, the spotted lanternfly could seriously impact the country's grape, orchard, and logging industries.
For-profit Colleges Face State of Education Scrutiny with Fortified Gainful Employment Rule
By Kate Reynolds College programs that typically leave graduating students with unaffordable or low-pay loans will lose access to federal money in a Department of Education's fortified Gainful Employm...
Sep 28, 2023
WCMY Full News Report for 9/28/23
House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch is pushing a bill that would allow his employees to unionize. Under the measure, legislative staffers within the state government would be allowed to collectively b...
Sep 28, 2023
Heritage Harbor of Ottawa Launches "Spirit of the Harbor Fund" through SRCCF to Support Local Charities
Heritage Harbor of Ottawa homeowners demonstrated the philanthropic "Spirit of the Harbor" recently at a launch party for their Starved Rock Country Community Foundation (SRCCF) fund. A bell was rung ...
Sep 27, 2023 SRCCF and Heritage Harbor Ottawa representatives launched “The Spirit of the Harbor” fund recently at Quest Watersports in Ottawa. Pictured, from left, are SRCCF board members Shelly Carey and Tracy Bedeker, HHO Community Manager Jacob Valle, SRCCF board member Bob Eschbach and CEO Fran Brolley, HHO Director of Finance and Strategy and SRCCF board member Pierre Alexander, SRCCF co-founder Pamela Beckett and HHO CEO and founder Tom Heimsoth. (Photo by Esmeralda Avila)
Reminder: Illinois Hunters Can't Use Drones
By Kate Reynolds This year, hunters can get their equipment ready when Illinois' archery deer and turkey season kicks off on Sunday, Oct. 1. But, the Illinois Conservation Police (ICP) has a drone reg...
Sep 27, 2023 Photo credit: turkeyseason.orgg
Morris Hospital Adds Mako SmartRobotics™ for Joint Replacement Surgeries
September 27, 2023 -- Six months after unveiling its newly constructed state-of-the-art surgical suite, Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers has enhanced its surgical capabilities even further by ...
Sep 27, 2023 Orthopedic Surgeons Paul Perona, M.D. (from left), and Ahmed Eldib, M.D., are using Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery at Morris Hospital for total hip, total knee, and partial knee replacement surgeries. The addition of the new technology follows recent renovations to Morris Hospital’s surgical suite.
Elon Musk, Texas Senator, Set to Visit Texas Border Town
By Kate Reynolds Tech billionaire Elon Musk plans to visit the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, to see and confront the immigration border crisis. On his social media site, "X" (formerly Twitter), he...
Sep 27, 2023 Photo Credit: Dailymotion.com
WCMY News Report for 9/27/23
LaSalle County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 35-year-old Russell Farley of Harding Tuesday shortly before noon after an incident at Harding Grade School. Farley is being held in the LaSalle County Jail ...
Sep 27, 2023
OSF HealthCare in Streator Has Sweet Way to Support United Way
OSF HealthCare in Streator, 111 E. Spring St., has a sweet way to support the local Streatorland United Way. Wednesday, September 27, OSF is hosting a Nothing Bundt Cake- Cake-Bundtlet cash & carr...
Sep 26, 2023 Photo credit: 2Findlocal.com