Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

Cubs World Series Trophy Coming To Champaign (Champaign, IL) -- Chicago Cubs fans will be able to view the team's World Series trophy next week in Champaign. The team's championship hardware will be o...

SIU Cutting Tennis, Men's Swimming Scholarships (Carbondale, IL) -- Southern Illinois University won't have a tennis team next year. And its men's swimming and diving teams will be much smaller as wel...

Illinois AG Moves To Stop State Employee Paychecks (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' Attorney General is moving to stop paychecks for thousands of state employees. Lisa Madigan last night filed a motion ...

Mother Sues Over Hatchimals Toy (Bakersfield, CA) -- A California mother is suing the maker of Hatchimals after the toy she bought her daughter two weeks ago didn't electronically Hatch as promised. I...

This weekend it's your chance to check out and vote on one-of-a-kind hand crafted quilting creations during Mattoon Arts Council's "Stitches of the Seasons" quilt show! The event runs Saturday, Januar...

Doomsday Clock 30 Seconds Closer To 'Midnight' (Washington, DC) -- The world is now 30 seconds closer to Doomsday. Scientists at the National Press Club in Washington, DC today announced the change th...

Kraft Heinz Gives Employees Day Off After Super Bowl (Undated) -- Kraft Heinz is scoring a lot of extra points with its workers for the day after Super Bowl 51. The company is planning to give all its...

Ford Recalls On 8,000 F-150 Trucks, Other Models (Detroit, MI) -- Ford is recalling about eight-thousand F-150 pickup trucks and a few other cars for safety issues. In cold weather, the transmission s...

The Friends of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library will hold its "Date with a Good Book" sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, February 10 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, February 11 at the Char...

The west side of 19th Street at Broadway in Mattoon is closed while city crews replace a sewer manhole. Mattoon Public Works says there are several turning restrictions, so please pay close attention ...