WCMY New Obituaries
Gustave Logan Sommer, 95, of Ottaw
Gustave Logan Sommer, 95, of Ottawa, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2025 in Streator surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 19, 2025 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa with Pastor Richard Ewing, officiating. Entombment will follow at the Shrine of Rest Mausoleum...
3h ago
Tammy Rae (Reynolds) Wasilewski, 64, of Ottawa
Tammy Rae (Reynolds) Wasilewski, 64, of Ottawa, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center. A visitation will be held on Saturday, December 13, from 10:00am until 1:00pm at Ottawa Funeral Home. A funeral ceremony will follow at 1:00pm. Burial will be in Ottawa Avenue Cemet...
Dec 10, 2025
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Business News
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Bids for Warner Bros. Discovery face uncertain Trump approval process, some experts say
David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp., center, outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Paramount launched a h...
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Divided Fed set to announce decision on interest rates
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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
In this photo illustration, a smartphone displays the Paramount Skydance logo in front of a blurred Warner Bros. Discovery emblem, on December 6, 2025, in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Paramount sai...
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