Category Archives: WCMY News
Duckworth Announces $139 Million For Cleaner Water In Illinois -
Press Release - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will receive an additional $139,698 in grant funding to help get lead ...
Sep 26, 2023
1,373 Pound Pumpkin Headlines UK's County Fair
By Kate Reynolds Giant vegetables appeared in the United Kingdom (UK) this year. The vegetables were so monstrous it looked like a science fiction event. It wasn't very comforting to see how big veget...
Sep 26, 2023 Malvern Autumn Show at Three Counties Showground. Charley-Jon (CJ) Pearson,1 years old, from Mansfield posing by the winning giant pumpkin. September 2023 - via SWNS
40 Participate in IVCC's 2023 Agriculture Field Day Students Learn About Drones
The Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) annual Agriculture (AG) Field Day, held last Friday (9-22), attracted about 40 students who got a chance to field test what they learned in the classroom a...
Sep 26, 2023 IVCC agriculture major Alex Jagers pilots a drone during a demonstration at the annual Ag Field Day Friday. As drone technology grows popular for such purposes as fungicide application, job opportunities in the field are expanding, too.
WCMY full News Report for 9/26/23
United Way of Eastern La Salle County is kicking off its annual campaign which will run through November 6. The 2023 Campaign chair is Ottawa Police Chief Brent Roalson. He is joined by a co-chair, Ro...
Sep 26, 2023
Starbucks Workers Raise More Than $40K After Thieves Burglarize "Starbucks Mom" Car
By Kate Reynolds Students and faculty at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, love the coffee they drink at the campus's Starbucks. Here's proof that they love their barista more. Since 1...
Sep 25, 2023
United Way of Eastern LaSalle County Kicks Off 2023 Campaign - Heading the campaign is Ottawa Police Chief Brent Roalson; the Department's Canine, Rookie or 'Rook' is co-chair
By Kate Reynolds The United Way of Eastern La Salle County (UWELC) has officially kicked off its 2023 Campaign, which will run through Monday, November 6. United Way hopes to raise $245,381 throughout...
Sep 25, 2023
La Salle Public Health Department Offers "Walk-In Flu Vaccination Available - No Appointment Needed"
Flu season is almost here, and the La Salle County Health Department (LCHP) wants to keep us healthy. Lessening your chances of getting the flu is easy. Two actions will do it: cover your mouth when c...
Sep 25, 2023
WCMY Full News Report for 9/25/23
More than 700 scouts pitched their tents for a Fall Camporee in Ottawa to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the W. D. Boyce Council, in honor of Boy Scouts of America founder W. D. Boyce. BSA troops a...
Sep 25, 2023
Thrift Store Shopper Joked She Found a Famous Painting for $4 - She Did
A Massachusetts auction dealer, Skinner Marlborough, sold a lost painting found in a New Hampshire attic - the artwork sold on Sept. 19, 2023, for $191,000. How a woman originally discovered the pictu...
Sep 23, 2023
Illinois Lottery Player Wins Largest Jackpot in Seven Years
By Kate Reynolds Early yesterday (9-22), one lucky person entered the BP Gas Station, 400 E. 95th St. in Chicago, to buy a Lotto ticket. The player woke up this morning *$23.75 million richer. It's th...
Sep 23, 2023