Mother’s Day Weekend a Busy One for Firefighters in Metropolis

Just before 11:30 on Saturday evening the Metropolis Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at the intersection of 10th and Butler Streets in Metropolis.  Fire crews arrived at the scene to find heavy fire involving a single wide mobile home.  The mobile home was vacant and did not have any active utilities.  The structure was unoccupied at the time of the fire and there were no injuries associated with the incident.  Fire crews cleared the scene around 1:30am.

Early on Sunday Metropolis Firefighters were dispatched to a second fire – this one in an eight-unit  apartment building on East 8th Street in Metropolis.

Fire crews arrived to find a heavy fire involving four o the living units.  Firefighters were assisted by police officers in evacuating the remaining occupants of the building.  Upon accounting for all occupants firefighting efforts were switched to a defensive standpoint and the fire was stopped from spreading to the remaining units.  A total of five living units were destroyed in the fire.

There were no injuries reported in the fire however one person was treated for smoke inhalation on the scene.  Firefighters were on the scene until around 11am on Sunday.

Assisting the Metropolis Fire Department were the Brookport Fire Department, Joppa Fire Department, Massac County Sheriff’s Department, Massac County Fire Department, Metropolis Police Department, Metropolis Electric and Water Department and the Illinois State Fire Marshalls Office.

The displace families registered to the living units are being assisted by teh American Red Cross and other local civic and community organizations.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Illinois State Fire Marshall.

Metropolis City Clean Up Week – Monday, May 15 – Friday, May 19 – Items must be at your normal pick up point and within 5 feet of the trash container. All items must be bagged or in a container. Anything loose must be bundled so that one person can handle it. No construction debris, demolition debris or electronics will be picked up.

Massac Memorial Medical Clinic to Provide $25 School and Sports Physicals on Monday May 15th in Massac County

Massac Memorial Medical Clinic will be at Brookport Elementary from 3:15-6pm for school/sports physicals on Monday, May 15th.

Please schedule your appointment by calling 618-638-1341

Massac Memorial Hospital’s Alicia Paris joined WMOK for Coffee Break this week and told us about the event.

Hear our discussion below:

Scheduled Metropolis Power Outage – Tuesday May 23, 2023 from 9:30am to approximately 11:30a.  The outage will take place in the area of Filmore and Scott AND 15TH to 19TH Streets.  Scott Street will be closed during this time as well.

When WMOK visited road construction projects in Massac County on Thursday Massac County Highway Engineer Joe Metesevac advised that the closure on Waldo Church Road will reopen today.  Metesevac told WMOK at that time that the work had been completed and the weekend would allow the work to ‘set’.  A closure for bridge replacement on Country Club Road between North Avenue and Airport Road is expected to last 6 months.

Memorial Day is Monday May 29, 2023 – Memorial Day is a national holiday and a federal holiday.  On Memorial Day you can expect Banks, government offices and some businesses to be closed.  The Metropolis City Pool will open on Memorial Day and admission will be free.

Flag Retirement Ceremony at Fort Massac on Monday, May 15 – Learn How to Properly Dispose of an American Flag

As folks begin to freshen up their properties for Spring and Summer we’ve had several to ask how they should dispose of American Flags when they have become tattered from the weather and it is time for them to be retired.

The Flag Code suggests that when a flag has served its useful purpose, “it should be destroyed, preferably by burning.” For individual citizens, this should be done discreetly so the act of destruction is not perceived as a protest or desecration.

Many American Legion posts – Metropolis American Legion Auxiliary-Overton P. Morris Post 306 included – conduct disposal ceremonies of unserviceable flags. Such ceremonies are particularly dignified and solemn occasions for the retirement of unserviceable flags.

Locally you may take your old flags to the Metropolis American Legion Auxiliary-Overton P. Morris Post 306  at 321 Market Street in Metropolis.  A drop box is provided in front of the American Legion so that you may leave your flag anytime.

Learn how to care for your American Flag here from the American Legion

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Monday, May 15

Metropolis City Clean Up Week – Monday, May 15 – Friday, May 19 – Items must be at your normal pick up point and within 5 feet of the trash container. All items must be bagged or in a container. Anything loose must be bundled so that one person can handle it. No construction debris, demolition debris or electronics will be picked up.

3:15-6P – Massac Memorial Medical Clinic will be at Brookport Elementary for school/sports physicals. Please schedule your appointment by calling 618-638-1341

7P – Joppa Jr. High School Graduation

Tuesday, May 16

Wednesday, May 17

8A – Massac County Drug Awareness Coalition meeting at the Metropolis City Hall in the Council Chambers.

Thursday, May 18

Friday, May 19

Registration Ends –For the Arrowleaf class on Mental Health First Aid at Massac Memorial Hospital  that will be on Friday, May 26, 9A-3P. To register for this class, visit www.myarrowleaf.org/mhfa.  Lunch will be provided.

12-1P – Please join Massac Memorial Hospital on Friday, May 19th as Christy Kennedy, APRN will be speaking on coping and managing grief. This is a FREE event to the public with lunch provided. Seating is limited to 15, so please reserve your spot by calling 618-638-1348.

6P – Vienna High School Graduation

6-8P – City National Bank presents Summer Concerts at the Gazebo! The Jake Meyers Band will play in Washington Park in Metropolis. There will be food, music, and kids activities. This is a free event.

Saturday, May 20

7A-12P – Massac County Farmer’s Market will take place at Dorothy Miller Park.

9am-11am – American Legion Auxiliary 306 – Poppy Days. They will be at Big Johns, Post Office & Uptown on Market Street

Sunday, May 21

This Week on WMOK’s Coffee Break

Tuesday – Massac Memorial Hospital – New Beginning’s Department

Wednesday – Metropolis Animal Control and Abatement Officer John Roman

Thursday – Metropolis Mayor Don Canada