Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

For Immediate Release Chamber of Commerce to Conduct Job Fair 2018 on July 24th! The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce will be conducting Job Fair 2018 at the Effingham Performance Center on July 2...

(Rock Island, IL) -- Two people are dead and five injured after a large tree branch fell during a fireworks show in Illinois. Rock Island County Sheriff Gerald Bustos says the people were sitting near...

(Washington, DC) -- President Trump is welcoming a crowd to the White House for the Fourth of July. In a statement, Trump remarked that he's honored to celebrate the holiday with some members of the a...

(Undated) -- Americans celebrate their independence by spending big bucks on Fourth of July festivities. Most of that money is spent on food. A survey by the National Retail Federation says Americans ...

(Pleasant Hope, MO) -- Firefighters in Missouri are working an explosion at a fireworks warehouse. The blast happened at the AM Pyrotechnics plant in Pleasant Hope, about 20 miles north of Springfield...

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-J...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Illinois State Police (ISP) officials remind motorists to drive sober or get pulled over. Please designate a driver while celebrating during the July 4th holiday period. The ISP mess...

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Cass-Champaign-Christian-Coles-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Fulton-Knox-Logan-Macon-Marshall-Mason-McLean-Menard-Morgan-Moultrie-Peoria...

There's big money on the line tonight at the Charleston Moose Lodge. The Cornbelt Shrine Club's Queen of Hearts drawing will be worth over a quarter-million dollars. Half goes to the winner, and the o...

Cody Jinks headlines the Tailgate 'N Tallboys Music Festival in Peoria July 21st and we have your free tickets! Register by Tuesday, July 10th... and we'll announce the winner on July 11th! You can si...