(WMOK) Metropolis, IL - When Metropolis Mayor Don Canada joined WMOK for Coffee Break last week, he revisited the torrential rains we experienced earlier in the week and the flooding throughout Metropolis. Mayor Canada explained that the current state of the water system in Metropolis makes this flooding unavoidable w...

(Tests Also Confirm New Positive Case in Mosquitoes) Southern 7 Health Department (S7HD) has confirmed one positive test for West Nile Virus (WNV) in a dead bird and onenew case of WNV in mosquitoes for the southern seven county region of Illinois. This is the first case of WNVdocumented in a dead bird, and the fourth ...

(WMOK) Metropolis, IL - Massac County School Superintendent Jason Hayes recently joined WMOK's Coffee Break program to provide an update on the construction of the new unit district office. While the project is nearing completion, Hayes advised that it will not be ready in time for the start of the 2024-2025 school yea...

(WMOK) Metropolis, IL - Massac Unit #1 School Superintendent joined us earlier in July for our "Back to School" episode of WMOK's Coffee Break Program. The primary focus of our discussion was back to school information for both returning and new students, lunch accounts and more. We also discussed progress on...

Closure of U.S. 45 Ohio River 'Brookport' Bridge on Tuesday Morning, July 23 Bridge to temporarily close 9 a.m., to 12 p.m., CDT PADUCAH, Ky. (July 19, 2024) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to temporarily close the U.S. 45 Ohio River 'Brookport' Bridge for about three hours on Tuesday morning, July 2...

City National Bank's Landon Bremer Takes Home 1st Place - WMOK's Own Kim Comer Placed 5th (WMOK) Metropolis, IL - The Massac County Youth Fair hosted its first-ever Celebrity Showmanship competition on Wednesday night, an event initially planned for last year but postponed due to historic flooding at the fairgrounds in...