Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) is once again asking constituents to participate in his annual "Valentines for Heroes" program. The congressman's district offices will collect valentines for...

NIH: Feeding Tots Peanuts Could Prevent Allergies Later (Washington, DC) -- Turns out feeding babies food containing peanuts might protect them from allergies to the nuts later in life. The National I...

From the Illinois State Police, as of 8:10am, Thursday, January 5, Troopers are headed to several crashes and cars in the ditches on I-57 and I-74, mostly Coles, Douglas and Champaign Counties. Please...

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital proudly welcomed Luella Diane Stice as the first baby born at the hospital in 2017. She was born at 3:12 p.m. on Sunday, January 1 at St. Anthony's, weighing 8 pou...

France Gives Workers Right To Disconnect (Paris, France) -- French workers now have the right to disconnect. A law that went into effect with the new year gives employees the legal right to unplug fro...

Illinois Begins 2017 Without Budget (Undated) -- Illinois is beginning 2017 without a budget. The six-month spending plan passed by the General Assembly last summer expired over the weekend. State law...

Dick Clark Productions Blasts Carey Allegations (New York, NY) -- Dick Clark Productions says the idea that it would sabotage an artist's performance is "defamatory, outrageous" and "absurd." It issue...

A man in North Pole, Alaska legally goes by the name Santa Claus ... and he's well known on Facebook. But his Facebook recently got suspended ... oddly enough, on Christmas Day. Facebook cut off Claus...

According to WANDTV online, at about 5:43 pm Saturday 12/31/16 a plane crashed in Southern Illinois with no survivors. The crash happened in rural Johnson County, only just north of the Massac County ...

The American Red Cross is offering a Zero to Hero disaster volunteer training starting Friday, January 12th through Sunday, January 15th. There is no charge for the training session, but reservations ...