WMOK News Check “Yellow Sheet” – Monday – January 2, 2023

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Today – Slight chance of rain before 3pm – chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 70. Wind gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunset – 4:49 PM

Tuesday – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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Mayor Canada Discusses Plans for 2023 with WMOK

When Metropolis Mayor Don Canada joined WMOK for Coffee Break in December – we discussed what’s on schedule for Metropolis in 2023.

Mayor Canada cited the North Avenue resurfacing project – which is likely to take place in the spring.

The city is in search of a new spot for our Tennis Courts as they need to be rebuilt. The Sports Park was observed as a location, however Canada advised that the ground of the area they looked at lays too low in spots to accommodate the Tennis Courts.

Canada noted that during the last two budgets the city focused on increasing the manpower and resources of the Police Department and Fire Department and for 2023 the focus will be new equipment and resources for the Street Department.

Canada is also excited about the prospect of reduced square footage home in Metropolis in the coming year.

Mayor Canada told WMOK that the city is running their budget much the way folks run their budget at home – getting competitive bids on work and trying to cut costs where possible.

Hear our discussion below:

Metropolis FD Chief Micah Tolbert Talks with WMOK regarding Updated Illinois Smoke Alarm Law Goes into Effect January 1 2023

Image: Illinois Fire Safety Alliance

Metropolis Fire Chief Micah Tolbert joined us recently to discuss the Updated Illinois Smoke Alarm Law which will go into effect in the state of Illinois in January. Public Act 100-0200, passed in 2017, requires all Illinois homes to have a smoke alarm with a sealed ten-year battery by Jan. 1, 2023. According to the bill, homeowners without an updated alarm will get a 90-day notice to get a sealed battery model, after those 90 days they can be fined up to $100.

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Highlights of Today in History: West Virginia mine blast; JFK declares he’s running for President; Japan captures Manila, Philippines during WWII; Lindbergh baby trial begins; Annie closes on Broadway. (Jan. 2)

The full Wolf Moon rises on Friday, January 6, 2023. Learn more about when and where to howl at the January full Moon!

Today Is:

55-MPH Speed Limit Day: 2
Divorce Monday: 2 Link (First Monday of year which is when most feel that divorces are filed.)
Handsel Day: 2 Link (First Monday)
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day: 2
National Buffet Day: 2 Link
National Motivation and Inspiration Day: 2 Link
National Science Fiction Day: 2 Link
National Weigh-In Day: 2 (Always First Monday after New Years)
*World Introvert Day: 2 Link

See a full listing of Massac County Food Pantries

Barbara Walters, dead at 93, was cultural fixture, TV icon

“I do think about death,” she told The Associated Press in 2008 as she was closing out her eighth decade. But if death got the last word, Walters had the nation’s ear in the meantime, she made clear, with amusement, as she recalled the zany Broadway hit “Spamalot,” based on a Monty Python film.

“You know the scene where they’re collecting dead bodies during a plague, and there’s a guy they keep throwing in the heap, and he keeps saying, ‘I’m not dead yet’? Then they bash him on the head, and he gets up again and says, ‘I’m not dead yet!’

“He’s my hero,” Walters said with a smile.