WCMY New Obituaries
Vernon P. "Vern" Johnson, age 83, of Ottawa
Vernon P. "Vern" Johnson, age 83, of Ottawa, Illinois died in his home, surrounded by family, on Friday, December 5, 2025. Vern spent the majority of his life in Ottawa, serving as Director of Probation Services for the 13th Judicial Circuit covering LaSalle, Bureau and Grundy Counties. He was a member of the...
Dec 06, 2025
Margaret Aubry, 94, formerly of Waltham Twp
Margaret Aubry, 94, formerly of Waltham Twp., passed away on December 4, 2025 at Pleasant View in Ottawa, IL. Mass of Christian Burial will held be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at the St. Mary's Church in Utica with Rev. Paul Carlson, officiating. Burial will follow at St. Columba Cemetery in Ottawa. Visitat...
Dec 05, 2025
National News
Powerball jackpot soars to $875M -- 2nd biggest this year
Dec 07, 2025
US placed in favorable World Cup group: What to know and how to get tickets
Dec 06, 2025
Suspect charged in stabbing on Charlotte light rail train
Dec 06, 2025
Texas flooding 911 calls from hard-hit Kerr County released: 'Distressing'
Dec 06, 2025
Teen in court after allegedly setting sleeping homeless man on fire on NYC subway train
Dec 06, 2025
Business News
Will AI ever make big profits? Experts weigh in as bubble fears loom
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Image(NEW YORK) -- Fears of an artificial intelligence bubble have rattled the stock market in recent weeks and set off concern among critics about a wider risk to the U.S. economy.A surge of AI spending accounted for...
Nov 28, 2025
Black Friday online shopping expected to hit record high, data shows
Ian Forsyth/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Online shoppers set a record high on Thanksgiving, paving the way for gangbusters performance on Black Friday, Adobe data showed.Digital spending on Thanksgiving jumped 5% from a year earlier, totaling $6.4 billio...
Nov 28, 2025
Gas prices near lowest level in 4 years ahead of Thanksgiving
Michael Godek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Gas prices stand close to their lowest level in four years as tens of millions of people prepare to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.The national average for a gallon of gas on Monday tallied at $3.07, which ...
Nov 25, 2025
Nvidia defies AI bubble fears but some analysts remain worried
Win McNamee/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Blockbuster earnings from chip giant Nvidia this week appeared to rebuke concerns about an artificial-intelligence bubble, briefly ending a days-long slump in the stock market."It's fair to say that Nvidia's result...
Nov 22, 2025
