Category Archives: WCMY News
Mega Millions Jackpot Soars To $875 Million
The Mega Millions jackpot is getting close to a billion dollars. Lottery officials say no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night so the grand prize jumps to an estimated 875 million dollars...
Billy Thompson Mar 18, 2024 The Powerball
ljackpot has been increased from $925 million to $960 million for tomorrow night's drawing
Karaoke Machine Inventor Dies At 100
(Tokyo, Japan) -- The man who invented the modern karaoke machine is dead. Shigeichi Negishi died at the age of 100. The Japanese businessman invented the first version of the karaoke machine back in ...
Billy Thompson Mar 18, 2024 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
WCMY Full News Report for 3/18/24
Motorists traversing Ottawa's south side should exercise caution as storm sewer separation work commences on Monday, prompting street closures between 7 am and 5 pm on weekdays. The city of Ottawa has...
Billy Thompson Mar 18, 2024
City of Ottawa is submitting a competitive grant for the downtown Amphitheater
Dear City of Ottawa resident, The City of Ottawa is submitting a competitive grant application to receive funding for the downtown Amphitheater. The grant funds will be used for constructing the festi...
Billy Thompson Mar 15, 2024
LaSalle County Health Department issue its final weekly COVID update.
Effective March 28th, the LaSalle County Health Department (LCHD) will issue its final weekly COVID update. As we near the end of respiratory virus season, and the first anniversary of the declaration...
Billy Thompson Mar 15, 2024
Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers Running Out Of Space
(Springfield, IL) -- Juvenile detention centers in Illinois are running out of room, presenting serious challenges. Detention centers are meant to provide temporary detention services to juveniles bef...
Billy Thompson Mar 15, 2024 oasisamuel / Depositphotos.com
McDonald's Confirms Global Outage
McDonald's has been hit by a system failure impacting restaurants across the globe. McDonald's said in a statement this morning that it was aware of "a technology outage" that forced the closure of ma...
Billy Thompson Mar 15, 2024 olegda88.gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
WCMY Full News Report for 3/15/24
Dawn Trompeter, President of OSF hospitals in Ottawa, Mendota, and now Peru, anticipates that the former IVCH in Peru will serve as an OSF "hub" hospital supporting other OSF hospitals along I-80, alt...
Billy Thompson Mar 15, 2024
Press Release: Trident Agents arrest Ottawa repeat offender.
Rory Waldrop, age 28, of Ottawa, is charged with two counts of Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance, one count as a class 2 felony, one count as a class X felony, and Unlawful Possession of a W...
Billy Thompson Mar 14, 2024
Kangaroo Struck On Highway
(Roland, OK) -- A kangaroo is dead after being struck and killed by a car in Oklahoma. The driver thought it was a deer until he got out to check the damage. The accident happened on I-40 Wednesday mo...
Billy Thompson Mar 14, 2024 Nick Hewson / CC
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