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06/12/2023

Tuesday's hoops and wrestling scores are here! It's the latest Section618.com Scoreboard.

Girls Basketball: Alton 82, East St. Louis 32 Benton 51, Anna-Jonesboro 42 Bloomington (Central Catholic) 58, Williamsville 30 Carlyle 57, Greenville 47 Casey-Westfield 46, Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville 26 Collinsville 62, Belleville West 42 Decatur (MacArthur) 53, Rantoul 27 Greenville

05/12/2023

*****Important Roadway information*****
****Important roadway information****

The Rt 161 extension bridge over Skillet Fork River continues to deteriorate which is why the weight limit is currently 15 tons. The Marion County Highway Department is doing everything possible to keep the bridge open to local traffic, however Trucks/equipment over 15 tons continue to cross the Bridge. The decking to the bridge is failing and will be closed to one lane again tomorrow as attempts to keep the bridge open. If heavy trucks/equipment continue, the bridge will be closed to all traffic. The bridge is on the list to be replaced but this is 4-5 years out. Please spread the word. Effectively, enforcement of this roadway will begin. Watch for the traffic signs.

Thanks,

Sheriff Kevin Cripps

Sent from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office app

05/12/2023

It's that time of year again! Time to get what you want for Christmas and write those letters to Santa! Why not do it with WMIX! It's Dear Santa presented by LeMond’s Motorsports! Click the link below, write out your Christmas wishes and send them in! You can drop them off at LeMond's Motorsports or at WMIX at 219 Withers Drive in Mt Vernon. If your letter is chosen, it will be read on the air by St Nicholas himself, and you'll win a wonderful prize just in time for the holidays from Southern IL Tile & Carpet Supply and Nathan Ferrell - Country Financial! Download the form below!

Christmas is almost here and Santa is as busy as ever! Santa and his elves have been working around the clock making toys and getting everything wrapped for their Christmas Eve journey. But there is still more

05/12/2023

The first ever WMIX-Tony Wielt - State Farm Agent Teddy Bear Toss was a success. We raised over $500 for Jefferson County Toys for Kids and got a massive amount of stuffed animals to be given to local kids this Christmas. Thank you to everyone who donated and a special thank you to Emily & Seth in the Mt. Vernon Township High School Athletic Office for helping coordinate this event!

05/12/2023

Scotty McCreery invited to become member of the Grand Ole Opry

Scotty McCreery was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry by Opry member Garth Brooks, who surprised McCreery onstage during his spotlight artist performance at the Opry Country Christmas show over the weekend. The

05/12/2023

Cole Swindell shares lineup for his 2024 ‘Win The Night Tour’

Cole Swindell announced he will kick off the “Win The Night Tour” beginning May 2024 in Canada, and will also be making stops across the U.S. stops later that month. The announcement of the ‘Win The Night

05/12/2023

Monday’s hoops scores are here from Section618.com!

Girls Basketball: Altamont 78, St Anthony 67 Althoff 48, Christ Our Rock Lutheran 25 Breese (Central) 35, Mater Dei 22 Carmi-White County 37, Fairfield 34 Christopher 60, Cobden 31 Civic Memorial 74, East St. Louis 24 Columbia

04/12/2023

Katie Neal, our midday host, with Garth last week talking about the 30 year anniversary of one of his biggest, and rowdiest tunes!

04/12/2023

Motor vehicle accident
First responders are responding to a motor vehicle accident 161 east of Centralia near Bryan Manor. Please use alternate route.

Sent from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office app

04/12/2023

Dylan Scott earns 4th No. 1 single with ‘Can’t Have Mine’

Dylan Scott has earned his fourth No. 1 single on both the Mediabase and Billboard charts with “Can’t Have Mine”. Scott celebrated the achievement on social media, writing: “Can’t Have Mine is officially the #1 song in

04/12/2023

Elle King and ‘Entertainment Tonight’s’ Rachel Smith co-hosting ‘New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’

Elle King and Entertainment Tonight’s Rachel Smith will host this year’s ‘New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’. King and Smith are returning for a second time to host the five-hour event, which will broadcast live from

03/12/2023

Bowling, wrestling, and hoops results are live on Section618.com's Scoreboard!

Boys Bowling: Abe Lincoln Invitational at Springfield- 1. Salem 6505 2. Mascoutah 6342 3. O’Fallon 6271 4. Collinsville 5785 5. Jereyville 5704 6. Alton 5698 7. Pana 5562 8. Morton 5531 9. Triad 5472 10. Highland 5467

03/12/2023

FINAL: Mt. Vernon Rams 53, Mascoutah Indians 43. Nesbit with 16 points, Maurer 14, Barnes 13, Millsap 5, Holloway 3, Price 2. Rams now 4-1 and travel to Chatham (Glenwood) on Friday night. You can listen on 94.1 FM and hopefully watch via WMIX Sports YouTube!

02/12/2023

Route 37 is open
State Route 37 south of State Route 161 is now open to traffic

Sent from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office app

02/12/2023

Motor vehicle accident/ Roadway closed
Rt 37 south of State Route 161 is closed due to a motor vehicle accident. Please use a alternative route.

Sent from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office app

02/12/2023

Come on down for the Mt Vernon Christmas Light Fight! Parade starts at 5 so GET HERE EARLY! Santa will be here, hot cocoa to keep you warm, kettle corn, activities for kids and lots more! Plus, LOTS of shops to get your stocking stuffer and early Christmas shopping done, come hungry and eat at the wonderful local restaurants! From 5-7! Come on by and see Loren On Radio and say hi! We’ve got blankets (while supplies last)!

02/12/2023

Loren On Radio broadcasting live for Mt. Vernon Christmas Light Fight Parade & Activities from 3-5!

02/12/2023

FINAL: Mt. Vernon Lady Rams 82, Waterloo 50. Lady Rams improve to 5-2 and travel to Centralia on Tuesday. You can listen to that game on 94.1 FM.

02/12/2023

Come on out to Mt. Vernon Township High School and not only enjoy the Lady Rams and Rams games, but help a child get the best Christmas this year, families in need and more! You can even buy a State Farm Bear courtesy of Tony Wielt - State Farm Agent and throw it out for the WMIX and Tony Wielt Teddy Bear Toss to benefit Jefferson County Toys for Kids! Everyone who donates will be entered to win wonderful prizes!

02/12/2023

Tony Wielt - State Farm Agent Teddy Bear Toss happening today Mt. Vernon Township High School. Bring a new stuffy or buy 1 here today to toss. All proceeds and stuffies go to Jefferson County Toys for Kids!

02/12/2023

The SSM Health Mt. Vernon Shootout is today and we have a pair of games on the schedule! WATCH both on WMIX Sports YouTube Channel! The Lady Rams entertain Waterloo at 2 pm on AM 940 & 96.5 FM while the Rams host Mascoutah at 7:15 on 94.1 FM! Don't miss it!

02/12/2023

ICYMI: TODAY is the FIRST EVER WMIX 94.1 FM - Hot Country Teddy Bear Toss presented by -Wielt---State-Farm-Agent and Mt. Vernon Township High School! Bring a new teddy bear or stuffed animal to the SSM Health Shootout at Changnon Gym! We'll have two tosses--one at halftime of Lady Rams/Waterloo (approx 2:30 pm) and another at the half of Rams/Mascoutah (approx. 7:45 pm)! We'll have great prizes when you register your donation to win!
-A $100 VISA gift card from Land of Lincoln Credit Union
-St. Louis Cardinals baseball tickets
-A $50 Yellin' Helen's gift card
-A $25 Parkway Shoe Repair Service gift certificate
-A $25 gift card to Joe's Pizza Mount Vernon
-PLUS free food from Knuckleheads Bar and Grill and Ringside The Ringside Buffet.
There will be a limited number of teddy bears available for a donation fee of $15 at our table in the lobby during the games. All toys and money raised will go back to the Jefferson County Toys for Kids in honor of Tony Wielt's 15th Anniversary at State Farm. See you there!

02/12/2023

Friday was busy with basketball across the 618! Your Section618.com Scoreboard is here!

Girls Basketball: Brownstown/St. Elmo 58, Webber 21 Civic Memorial 75, Jerseyville 52 Lincoln 58, Sacred Heart-Griffin 26 Mt. Zion 59, Mahomet-Seymour 38 Pope County 75, Hardin County 24 Triad 49, Waterloo 28 Webster Groves (MO) 52, East

02/12/2023

FINAL: Centralia 57, Mt. Vernon 35. Rams drop to 3-1, 0-1. Mt. Vernon will host the SSM Health Shootout tomorrow and plays Mascoutah in the nightcap at 7:15. Listen on 94.1 FM or WATCH via WMIX Sports YouTube!

02/12/2023

Rams Basketball is winter's first Josh Finley/Country Financial Ram of the Week! Check it out!

It’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Congratulations to Mt. Vernon Rams Basketball! The Rams are this week’s WMIX Sports/Josh Finley Country Financial Rams of the Week! The Rams won the Stove Top Stuffing Classic at Triad in dominant fashion going 3-0.

02/12/2023

TOMORROW! It's the FIRST EVER WMIX 94.1 FM - Hot Country Teddy Bear Toss presented by Tony Wielt - State Farm Agent and Mt. Vernon Township High School! Bring a new teddy bear or stuffed animal to the SSM Health Shootout at Changnon Gym! We'll have two tosses--one at halftime of Lady Rams/Waterloo (approx 2:30 pm) and another at the half of Rams/Mascoutah (approx. 7:45 pm)! We'll have great prizes when you register your donation to win!
-A $100 VISA gift card from Land of Lincoln Credit Union
-St. Louis Cardinals baseball tickets
-A $50 Yellin' Helen's gift card
-A $25 Parkway Shoe Repair Service gift certificate
-A $25 gift card to Joe's Pizza Mount Vernon
-PLUS free food from Knuckleheads Bar and Grill and Ringside The Ringside Buffet.
There will be a limited number of teddy bears available for a donation fee of $15 at our table in the lobby during the games. All toys and money raised will go back to the Jefferson County Toys for Kids in honor of Tony Wielt's 15th Anniversary at State Farm. See you tomorrow!

01/12/2023

Fayette County man charged with multiple child po*******hy offenses

FAYETTE COUNTY — A 39-year-old man remains in the Fayette County Jail after he was ordered detained Friday on multiple child po*******hy charges. Izaac A. Logue, St. Elmo, was formally charged Friday morning with nine counts Class

01/12/2023

Authorities release name of man killed in I-57 crash

FRANKLIN COUNTY — Authorities have released the identity of a man killed in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on Interstate 57 in Franklin County. According to reports, 55-year-old John Hogan of Tunnel Hill and formerly of Salem

01/12/2023

Marshall Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Making Bomb Threat to Edgar County Business

BENTON, Ill. – A district judge sentenced a man from Marshall, Illinois, to spend more than three years in federal prison after he called in a bomb threat to a company in Paris, Illinois. Justin L. Switzer,

01/12/2023

It's GAME DAY for Mt. Vernon Rams Basketball! The Rams travel to Centralia for a South Seven Opener at Trout Arena. We're audio only* tonight on 94.1 FM and the Section618.com App. Pregame around 7:15.

01/12/2023

First classroom party in the books for our K-4th category winner of Letters of Thanksgiving powered by Hughey Funeral Home, Ltd. & LeMond’s Motorsports!

Big Jake got the honor of delivering some delicious Joe's Pizza Mount Vernon pizzas alongside Jena from Yellin' Helen's who brought ice cream with toppings to Ms. Marcum's 3rd Grade Class at Hawthorne Elementary and our winner, Brady! Also, great prizes and party favors thanks to Orthopaedic Center of Southern Illinois & SIU Credit Union. The kids will also get to do an activity of creating their very own vase/flower arrangement thanks to a cool idea from Lena's Flowers & Things.

01/12/2023

Kenny Chesney adds soccer stadium dates to his 2024 ‘Sun Goes Down’ Tour

Just weeks after announcing his 2024 ‘Sun Goes Down Tour’, Kenny Chesney is expanding his tour dates by adding three new soccer stadium dates, as well as two more dates at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The

01/12/2023

Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn, and more join ‘All for the Hall’ charity benefit

Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn, Riley Green and Mickey Guyton have signed on to perform at the annual All for the Hall charity benefit show, taking place on Dec. 5 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. As previously announced,

01/12/2023

We have wrestling and basketball, so far, on Thursday's Section618.com Scoreboard!

Wrestling: Benton 57, Mt. Vernon 22 Girls Basketball: Alton 57, Edwardsville 35 Alton (Marquette) at Metro-East Lutheran Breese (Central) 47, Salem 17 Carbondale 50, Murphysboro 30 Carlinville 65, Vandalia 22 Carlyle 64, Chester 18 Carmi-White County 52,

30/11/2023

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30/11/2023

Carmi man pleads guilty to possessing stolen ambulance

WHITE COUNTY — A 54-year-old Carmi man pleaded guilty Wednesday in White County Court to possessing a stolen ambulance in September. Anthony Scott Hogue was facing charges of Class X felony theft from a government entity, Class

30/11/2023

Dix man airlifted after suffering burns fighting fire

JEFFERSON COUNTY — Authorities are reporting a Dix man was airlifted early Wednesday afternoon from his home where he suffered burns while fighting to control a fire. According to Jefferson Fire, Eric Colbert was using a fire

30/11/2023

We want to take this time to thank you for telling us about your favorite Veteran or active Military member in your life during our Salute To Service promotion! We feel honored to have read their stories and are extremely grateful for their bravery and service to our great nation! Thank you to our wonderful Veteran owned businesses who helped us with the prize packs! Jules Joint Nashville, IL, A&A Armory and Swole Stop!

Here are the winners of our Salute to Service; Jennifer Gaines, Tony Mays, Jimmie Beasley, and (not pictured) Robert Tinsley! Jennifer, Tony and Jimmie's mom, Millie, came into the station to collect their prizes! Thank you for all that you do!

You can read all of their stories in full at wmix94.com under the COMMUNITY tab and click on Salute to Service.

30/11/2023

Centralia woman pleads guilty to threatening a school official

MARION COUNTY — A 48-year-old Centralia woman pleaded guilty to the lesser of two charges accusing her of making threats towards the Centralia City Grade School principal in September. Stephanie Crossland was initially charged with Class 4

30/11/2023

Goreville man arrested for felony battery of infant

MASSAC COUNTY — A Goreville man has been arrested for Aggravated Battery to a Child, a Class X felony. Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officials announced Wednesday that 18-year-old Blake A. Street is