Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

National Touring Comedy Hypnotist Nick Toombs
National touring comedy hypnotist, Nick Toombs, has performed across America from coast to coast for thousands. April 20th, Nick is bringing his hypnotic time to benefit St. Jude Children's Research H...
Renee Fonner Apr 17, 2018

Eastern Illinois Foodbank Announces Pop-Up Food Pantry for Veterans
Danville, Illinois - The Eastern Illinois Foodbank will host three Pop-Up Food Pantries serving eligible veterans on April 18, May 16 and June 20 from 10 - 11:30am at the Danville VA Chapel (1900 E Ma...
Renee Fonner Apr 17, 2018

Dining in the Dark on Sunday
Experience a new kind of culinary experience: Dining in the Dark, thus Sunday (4/22) at 5:00 p.m. at the Strasburg Community Center. Bring a blindfold and put your other senses to work. After the four...
Renee Fonner Apr 17, 2018

News: Voters pick Wrigley Field as top Illinois building, along with Baha’i temple, two homes designed by Wright
SPRINGFIELD - Buildings inspired by sports, religion, the Illinois prairie and the skies above were chosen as the state's top buildings in online voting for the Illinois Top 200 project. The top vote-...
Renee Fonner Apr 17, 2018

Lake Land College announces annual Outstanding Club Award winners
Lake Land College's Club I.T. received the Outstanding Club Award at the 2018 annual Lake Land College Club Recognition Luncheon. Over the past year, Club I.T. participated and facilitated numerous ac...
Renee Fonner Apr 17, 2018 Lake Land College’s Club I.T. received the Outstanding Club Award at the college’s 2018 Annual Club Recognition Luncheon. Pictured from left to right are: Scott Rhine, IT Instructor/Program Coordinator and Club I.T. advisor; Darrius Frazier, Charleston; Bradley Livingston, Effingham; Olivia Price, Effingham; Cody Borntreger, Oakland; Race Underwood, Bethany; Joshua McCombe, Pana; Logan Malcome, Neoga; Justin Pryor, Mattoon; Samantha McClain, Atwood; Jesse Wright, Neoga; Shelby Cooper, Bethany; Annette Lynch, Charleston; James Munger, IT Instructor/Program Coordinator and Club I.T. advisor. Photo submitted by Lake Land College.

Arcola High School Distinguished Alumni Forms Due
The deadline for nominations for the Arcola High School Distinguished Alumni is Monday (4/23). Nomination forms are available at the high school, Arcola Public Library, First Mid-Illinois Bank and Tru...
Renee Fonner Apr 17, 2018

Charleston City Wide Clean-Up Day
May 12th will by city-wide clean-up day in Charleston. The city will provide dumpsters at no cost, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the street garage and leaf and limb drop-off sites. Items that will NO...
Renee Fonner Apr 16, 2018

Charges Filed Against Two Newton Teenagers
NEWTON, IL - Thanks to information provided by the public, charges have been filed against two Newton, Illinois teenagers in connection with the illegal shooting of white pelicans at Newton Lake State...
Renee Fonner Apr 16, 2018

St. Mary School to Possibly Close
Immaculate Conception Church of Mattoon has sent a request to Bishop Thomas John Paprocki for permission to close St. Mary School due to declining enrollment. According to Father John Titus, no decisi...
Renee Fonner Apr 16, 2018

ERBA Head Start Recruitment Day in Neoga
ERBA Head Start is a free preschool program and will be taking application for the 2018-2019 school year on April 17th, in Neoga, from noon to 4pm at the Neoga Public Library. Any interested parent sh...
Renee Fonner Apr 16, 2018


