Category Archives: Local News

More enrollment numbers are coming in for Illinois institutions of higher learning. The University of Illinois announced Thursday that just over 77-thousand students are on one of three campuses, whic...

According to WCIA Online earlier this year mail was sent out that confused a lot of registered voters, well it seems that the letters have been sent out again. The letters at first glance appear to ha...

It is National Suicide Prevention Day and in Illinois it is estimated one person dies by suicide every six hours, according to WCIA Online. What you can do to help for those struggling is to always ta...

Tuesday, September 13th, marks the first ever National Concussion Education Day, created by the Concussion Legacy Foundation. On this day, speeches will be given from coaches, captains, and medical te...

Tonight is the 14th Annual Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever Banquet, it will be held at the Mattoon Eagles Club. They will be giving away 14 guns including makers such as Beretta, Henry, and Winches...

From WCIA, four tornadoes touched down in the Central Illinois area Friday night and were seen by thousands. The area is clear now, but they caused damage to homes, crops, power lines, and caused canc...

This weekend is the Arcola Broomcorn Festival and WMCI is live, on location today! From 10 am until noon we'll have live coverage of the event as well as your chance to win prizes, including tickets t...

Four of country's hottest newcomers will be in Terre Haute for the Off the Tracks Music Jam, Sunday, September 18th. See Cole Swindell, Canaan Smith, Claire Dunn and Kane Brown, live! Gates open at no...

The Jasper County Fall Festival is going on this weekend and 104.3 The Party will be on site covering the activities and all that is going on at the festival from 4 to 6 on the square in Newton. There...

Mattoon Middle School Softball has been canceled for Saturday due to wet field conditions in Mt. Zion. At this time the next round of regional play will be Monday at 4:30 PM. The Championship game is ...