Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

Personal Injury Crash Along I-70 East Friday (6/1)
According to a recent press release from Illinois State Police District 12, on Friday, June 1st, Bruce Mcgaha of Oak Grove, LA was traveling eastbound along I-70, when near milepost 112 Mchaha veered ...
MyRadioLink Jun 01, 2018

Windsor/Stew-Stras Headed to State Finals Tomorrow
First Neighbor Bank Area Scoreboard, Class 1A State Softball Semifinals Goreville - 1 Spoon River Valley - Cuba - 0 Windsor/Stew-Stras - 5 Argenta Oreana - 3 Class 1A Softball State Fina...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018

Study: U.S. Teens Leaving Facebook For YouTube, Instagram, SnapchatÂ
Study: U.S. Teens Leaving Facebook For YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat (Undated) -- American teenagers are bailing on Facebook. A new Pew Research Center study finds only 51-percent of U.S. teens use Fac...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018 benstein / CC

Updated: I-57 Open to Traffic Again near Mattoon
UPDATED: According to an email from the Illinois State Police at 2:35pm on Friday, June 1, 2018, I-57 is open again. According to an email from the Illinois State Police (12:40pm, Friday, June ...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018

EIU history professor Wehrle pens revisionist history on Babe Ruth
(Charleston, IL) Eastern Illinois University history professor Dr. Edmund Wehrle has a new available, which may help to revise how history-and how Major League Baseball-views one of the sport's most c...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018 Breaking Babe Ruth: Baseball’s Campaign Against Its Biggest Star by Dr. Edmund Wehrle. Photo submitted by Eastern Illinois University.

Learn the story of the Illinois state flag June 5 at Lincoln Presidential Library
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois state flag was created just in time for the state's 1918 centennial celebration, but its history - complete with a little controversy - can be traced back another century. Y...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018

Open House for Raggedy Ann Rally Visitors
The Arcola Railroad Depot is holding an open house for Raggedy Ann Rally visitors from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Saturday, June 9th. There will be punch and cookies plus prizes including a 2000 Raggedy Ann ...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018

Sports Physicals for Arcola Athletes
Sarah Bush Lincoln will provide sports physicals to athletes from Arcola schools June 6th from 1:00-5:00 p.m. at the Arcola Clinic. The $20 fee will be donated to the athletic booster club. Cash or ch...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018

Silent Auction Benefit at the Charleston Speedway
A silent auction to benefit Luke Gano will be held from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on June 30th at the Charleston Speedway. 3-year-old Luke is dealing with some major health issues at Children's Hospital in St. L...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018

Green Wave Cross Country Challenge
The Green Wave Cross Country Challenge will be held July 14th at the course behind Lake Land College. The one-mile fun run will begin at 8:15 a.m., and the 5K run will start at 9:00 a.m. Register befo...
Renee Fonner Jun 01, 2018


