Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

A new streaming service from Disney, called Disney Plus, will launch soon. Jon Jeffries has details. {DisneyStreamJJ1_1} 000:22 ### Jon Jeffries/wm

(Rockford, IL) -- Family, friends and colleagues are mourning after a McHenry County, Illinois sheriff's deputy was shot and killed by a fugitive. Authorities say Deputy Jacob Keltner was working yest...

(Washington, DC) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Violence Against Women Act is being reintroduced. The bill providing protection for domestic violence survivors expired in February after its fu...

(Seattle, WA) -- Amazon is planning to close all of its pop-up stores next month. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the move to CNBC today, saying the company will focus on opening book stores instead....

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is battling cancer. In a YouTube announcement, the 78-year-old vowed to keep working as he fights the disease. Despite the low survival statistics for pancreatic cancer, T...

(Beauregard, AL) -- The death toll continues to rise after tornadoes hit eastern Alabama. {ALJJones22a_1} Q...yet again 000:12 Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones says the search for survivors is all but ove...

(Smiths Station, AL) -- The number of dead from tornadoes in eastern Alabama is at least 14. Two tornadoes swept through Lee County, taking out businesses and homes. The hardest hit areas were the com...

The Illinois Department of Transportation reports large amounts of blowing snow and ice on I-57 and I-70. Additionally there are reports of accidents clogging I-57 near the I-74 interchange in Champai...

The Charleston Fire Department responded to a call at 5:56 this morning. Fire Chief Steve Bennett says smoke was coming from the second floor of the residence at 319 Madison Avenue. Crews were able to...

The beloved children's baseball movie "The Sandlot" is making a comeback as a TV series with the original cast. Yeah, the cast has aged since the film's 1993 release date. Writer and director David Mi...