Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

The kids' chess club will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and adult chess club will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on March 31st at the Mattoon Public Library. If you love to play, or would like to lear...

The inaugural CARE game at Lantz Arena was a huge success. According to EIU Athletics, the event raised more than $10,000 which was donated to the Sarah Bush Lincoln Regional Cancer Center. Area schoo...

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Champaign-Christian-Clark-Clay-Coles-Cumberland-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Jasper-Logan-Macon-McLean-Menard-Moultrie-Piatt-...

Ground-breaking took place yesterday for the new Harmony Playground in Effingham. The playground will be located at Evergreen Hollow Park. Dirt work should get underway in a just a few days. The playg...

The Jasper County Sheriff's office is warning residents of a fraudulent phone scam. Several people have received the calls claiming to be from the IRS and requesting a money order, credit card number,...

Aerinova will host a fly-in at the Coles County Memorial Airport on Saturday, March 24th from 8 a.m. to noon. They'll have lots of activities for kids, along with a discovery flight in a Piper Tomahaw...

(Undated) -- Pizza Hut is making ordering pizza easy and fashionable. The pizza chain is rolling out a new high-top sneaker that orders pizza. The Pie Tops II were revealed Monday and feature Bluetoot...

Thanks to the Lumpkin Family Foundation's generosity, Ride Illinois is coming to town and we need you there! Come support cycling in Mattoon and share ideas about what you'd like to see in the future....

MATTOON - A noon hour program with a local expert on Wednesday (March 7, 2018) is designed as a way to enhance your spring lawn program. Paul Icenogle, a master gardener who spent 18 years caring for ...

Friends of Camp New Hope and CCAR Industries will sponsor an estate planning seminar March 20th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Educational Training Center. Brad Beasley, from First Mid ...