WMOK News Check
Thursday – August 18, 2022
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Today’s WMOK Online News Check:
Ask About Our Meat Bundles – (270) 488-3161
Tonight – Mostly clear, with a low around 64°.
Friday – Sunny, with a high near 87°.
Illinois Link system changing – service interruption coming
Link cards will become active again on Sunday August 21st, 2022 after 6:00 pm.
Metropolis Man Arrested on Warrant for Theft
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Coming Up This Week:
Today – Thursday – August 18
3p-6p – Massac County Farmer’s Market – Harrah’s Metropolis Parking Lot – this afternoon we expect Ms. McClelland with fresh local honey, Mr. Verbarg with produce and the last round of Missouri Watermelons for the season, a seafood vendor, Aerosource with some very interesting plants and more. WMOK will meet you one the WMOK FB page shortly after the market begins to spread the word on what vendors are available.
Friday
COPE Food Pantry Distribution taking place this week:
– Metropolis Distribution – 1013 North Ave., Metropolis – Mon, Wed, and Fridays 9A-3P – (618)524-3635
– Brookport Distribution – Harry Statham Gym Brookport- Every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month 9A-12P – (618)524-3635
Please bring your ID and proof of Massac County residency. Clients may pick up food items once a month in Brookport or Metropolis.
Full list of Massac County Food Pantries
Friday, Aug 19th is for new Head Start children ( 3-5 year olds) from 10:00-2:00.
Saturday – August 20
Next Week:
Tuesday – August 23rd – Metropolis Elks Lodge #1428 Salad Luncheon from 11a-1p or until they run out. The menu includes Chicken Salad, a variety of Pasta Salads, Veggie Salads, Sweet Salads, Bread and a drink. Reservations were required during their July Salad Luncheon – however they will not require reservations for the August or September Salad Luncheons. The September Salad Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, September 20. The Metropolis Elks Lodge is located at 104 west 4th Street in Metropolis.
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WMOK Morning Show
6a-10 Monday thru Friday
One of our topics this week on the WMOK Morning Show has been the 45th anniversary of the passing of Elvis Presley. We’ve found many interesting tidbits and covered many facets of Elvis this week on the morning show and ran across one that we found interesting enough to add to this – our online WMOK News Check “Yellow Sheet”:
According to then-Associated Press reporter Mark Knoller, who covered Elvis Presley’s funeral in Memphis, the grounds of the Forest Hill Cemetery were a “sea of flowers.”
“I remember a spokesperson for FTD, the flowers-by-wire service, telling us they had more orders that day for Elvis than ever before in their history,” Knoller later wrote for CBS News. “We were told 3,116 floral arrangements had been delivered.”
By that afternoon, Memphis ran out of flowers and scrambled to get additional flowers shipped in from around the nation.
Join us for the WMOK Morning Show every weekday beginning at 6am for your WMOK News Check followed by the WMOK Morning Show.
School and Sports News
The Massac County Patriots will begin the football season on September 2 at Ballard Memorial
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