Category Archives: WCMY News

A 53-year-old Streator man is being held in LaSalle County Jail after being charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fatal shooting in his Streator family home Saturday night. Harold Crank is cha...

An unidentified 26-year-old man is dead after suffering a single gunshot wound in an incident in Streator Saturday night around 8:15. Streator Police say the shooting occurred at a residence in the 17...

A 20-year-old Blue Island man has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Devin B. Sprowls was wanted out of LaSalle County for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child stemming fr...

Ottawa's Friendship Days celebration has officially started with Wednesday night's Welcomeburger sponsored by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce. On Thursday's schedule is the Kid's Fishing Rodeo fro...

Angel M. Farmer of Peru, also known as "Accountability Angel" on YouTube, was sentenced to six weekends in LaSalle County Jail on July 27 for two counts of misdemeanor battery and one count of obstruc...

The Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources (IDNR) will accept sealed bids this fall for about 40 lease contracts for crop years 2024 through 2027. The leases under this program will promote ecologically ...

On July 26 at approximately 10:49 p.m., Ottawa Central Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a male subject with a gunshot wound in the 2100 block of Somerset Dr. in Ottawa. Officers with the Ottawa ...

Ottawa's annual Welcomeburger event returns to kick off the Friendship Days festival after a three-year hiatus. The event hosted by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce will take place on Wed., Aug. 2,...

A two-vehicle crash the morning of July 26 on the 800 block of State St. in Ottawa killed one of the drivers. The Ottawa Police and Fire Departments responded to the crash around 10:48 a.m. One of the...

State Sen. Sue Rezin and State Rep. Jed Davis are hosting a senior health fair at Saratoga Elementary School in Morris on Wed., Aug. 2, from 9am to 11am. The event is free and open to the public. "Thi...