Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

Study: Fake News Travels Fast On Twitter
(San Francisco, CA) -- Fake news on Twitter travels fast. A study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows false stories on Twitter travel six times faster and reach more people th...
MyRadioLink Mar 11, 2018 Kooroshication / CC

High School Sweethearts, Married In School
(Clifton, NJ) -- Two high school sweethearts from New Jersey were married this weekend, where they first met decades ago. Chris Gash and Jenn Sudol walked down the halls of Clifton High School on Satu...
MyRadioLink Mar 11, 2018 Pete / CC

Trump Thinks Good Things Could Result From North Korean Talks
(Moon Township, PA) -- President Trump thinks good things are possible as a result of talks with North Korea. At a rally in Pennsylvania last night, Trump said it North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appar...
MyRadioLink Mar 11, 2018 Matt Johnson / CC

Mattis Warns Syria About Gas Attacks
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is warning Syria it would be "unwise" for government forces to use gas attacks, pointing to reports of chlorine attacks against rebels and civilians in eastern Ghouta. Spe...
MyRadioLink Mar 11, 2018 Hannah Rosen / CC

Baseball, Softball, and T-Ball Sign-Ups
The last day for Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, Mattoon Junior Baseball, girls' softball, and boys' and girls' t-ball sign-ups will be Saturday, March 17th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cross County Mall in M...
MyRadioLink Mar 11, 2018

Mattoon Middle School Wrestler Wins at State
Congratulations to Mattoon's Korbin Bateman, state wrestling champion in the 70 pound class!
MyRadioLink Mar 10, 2018

Multi-State Salmonella Linked to Kratom Supplements
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and other state and local health departments...
MyRadioLink Mar 10, 2018

DC Military Parade Scheduled For Veterans Day
(Washington, DC) -- President Trump's large-scale military parade now has an official date. The White House announced this week military members who served from the Revolutionary War onward will be ho...
MyRadioLink Mar 10, 2018 sboneham / CC

Senator Predicts Justice Kennedy Will Retire Soon
Senator Dean Heller is predicting that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire this summer. "Politico" says the Nevada Republican made the prediction in a recent speech that was closed to re...
Mar 10, 2018

Personal Injury Crash 3/9/18
According to Illinois State Police, a traffic crash happened yesterday 3/9/18 around 6:27 pm involving 2 vehicles on I-57 near Neoga. Preliminary investigation details indicate Brianna Morton, 21 of C...
Mar 10, 2018


