Category Archives: Weekends on WMCI

From WCIA, four tornadoes touched down in the Central Illinois area Friday night and were seen by thousands. The area is clear now, but they caused damage to homes, crops, power lines, and caused canc...

This weekend is the Arcola Broomcorn Festival and WMCI is live, on location today! From 10 am until noon we'll have live coverage of the event as well as your chance to win prizes, including tickets t...

Four of country's hottest newcomers will be in Terre Haute for the Off the Tracks Music Jam, Sunday, September 18th. See Cole Swindell, Canaan Smith, Claire Dunn and Kane Brown, live! Gates open at no...

The Jasper County Fall Festival is going on this weekend and 104.3 The Party will be on site covering the activities and all that is going on at the festival from 4 to 6 on the square in Newton. There...

After several lightening delays at Klosterman Field in Effingham, the Hearts finally took the field in their home opener against Highland at about 9:30 on Friday night. Highland's star quarterback, Ga...

(Detroit, MI) -- A potential fire risk has led a recall of more than 130,000 cars SUVs. Federal safety regulators say a fuel leak in the braking system could cause an electrical short sparking a fire....

The annual United Way of Coles County Golf Outing will be held September 23rd at Meadowview Golf Course. Lunch will be served at noon and the outing gets underway at 1:00pm. Cost is $100 per golfer. C...

Lincolnland Hospice invites you to Binga, Tuesday, September 13th at the Mattoon American Legion. Just $10 to play, with games starting at 5:30. Proceeds benefit the Grant-a-Wish program, community be...

Roof repairs to the Mattoon Public Library are underway and will last for a few more weeks. During this time, the book drop in the alley will be closed. Also, they'll have safe entrances while the wor...

The Arthur Cheese Festival continues today in Amish Country! On the agenda for the festival's last day, are buggy rides, music performances from Breakaway Band, and several competitions. The festival ...