Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI
No More Catsup Festival In Collinsville
No More Catsup Festival In Collinsville (Collinsville, IL) -- The cap is being put on the Catsup festival in Collinsville for good. Organizers of the World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival Birthday Pa...
Apr 25, 2018
Shelby Electric Cooperative youth visit the capitol for Youth Day
SPRINGFIELD - State Senator Chapin Rose and Representatives Avery Bourne and Brad Halbrook met with students representing Shelby Electric Cooperative during the Illinois Electric and Telephone Coopera...
Apr 25, 2018 Pictured with Senator Chapin Rose and Representative Brad Halbrook are High School (HS) students representing Shelby Electric Cooperative at "Youth Day" in Springfield. Front row left to right: Cody Knodle of Nokomis HS, Logan Mathis of Stew-Stras HS, Sadie Zimmerman of Okaw Valley HS, Allison Oligschlaeger of Shelbyville HS, Ashley Bartels of Cowden-Herrick HS, Luke Senteney of Cowden-Herrick HS, Delaney Brooks of Meridian HS, Yeager Minott of Central A&M HS. Back row left to right: Anna Wooters of Okaw-Valley HS, Senator Chapin Rose, Calla Roney of Stew-Stras HS, Harrison Wooters of Shelbyville HS, Lucas Duduit of Pana HS, Emily Kuhn of Pana HS, Representative Brad Halbrook, Rebekah Follis of Nokomis HS. Photo submitted by Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives.
Google Reveals Gmail Redesign
Google Reveals Gmail Redesign (Mountain View, CA) -- Google is redesigning its Gmail for the first time since 2013. Parent company Alphabet revealed the new design this morning, and called it an expen...
Apr 25, 2018 C.E. Kent / CC
Alleged Sex Cult Actress Released On 5-Million-Dollars Bond
Alleged Sex Cult Actress Released On 5-Million-Dollars Bond (Brooklyn, NY) -- "Smallville" actress Allison Mack is being released on five-million-dollars bond after facing sex trafficking charges. The...
Apr 25, 2018 Nicole / CC
"Schoolhouse Rock!" Composer Dies
"Schoolhouse Rock!" Composer Dies (Mt. Bethel, PA) -- The musician behind many of the great "Schoolhouse Rock!" songs is dead. Bob Dorough passed away Monday at the age of 94. Dorough may not be a hou...
Apr 24, 2018 Jason Scott / CC
Lake Land College and LSC Communications to offer fast track training leading to jobs
Lake Land College and LSC Communications are offering a nine-week fast track training program leading to a job at the printing facility in Mattoon. The unique training program is the first of its kind...
Apr 24, 2018
"Harry Potter" Debuts On Broadway
"Harry Potter" Debuts On Broadway (New York, NY) -- "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is opening to rave reviews. The "New York Post" said they'd never seen anything quite like it, calling it Broadw...
Apr 24, 2018
EIU selects Newell as new library dean
(Charleston, IL) - Eastern Illinois University has named Zach Newell as its new library dean. Newell comes to EIU from Salem State University in Massachusetts, where he served in various library roles...
Apr 23, 2018 Zach Newell, Library Dean at Eastern Illinois University. Photo submitted by EIU.
Matt Landrus honored with Lake Land College’s Faculty Association Outstanding Service Award
Matt Landrus, Lake Land College English instructor, received the 2018 Faculty Association Outstanding Service Award at this year's Employee and Retiree Recognition ceremony. "Matt has contributed to t...
Apr 23, 2018 Lake Land College Music Instructor Nancy Caldwell, right, is pictured with Matt Landrus, Lake Land College English instructor, who received the 2018 Faculty Association Outstanding Service Award at the Employee and Retiree Recognition ceremony. Photo submitted by Lake Land College.
IDOT, ISP to Motorists: Drop it and Drive
SPRINGFIELD - As part of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Illinois Department of Transportation is making $500,000 in federal highway safety dollars available to nearly 100 local law enforcemen...
Apr 23, 2018
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