((CHRISTIE))A U OF I STUDENT
DIED AFTER FALLING OFF A ROOF
THIS WEEKEND.((AARON))IT
HAPPENED ON EAST JOHN NEAR
SOUTH FIRST IN CHAMPAIGN.WCIA
THREEa
THERE NOW.EMILY, YOU HAVE SOME
NEW INFORMATION THIS MORNING.
((EMILY))U OF I ASSOCIATE
CHANCELLOR ROBIN KALER TOLD US
21-YEAR-OLD DESTYNI THOMAS WAS
A SENIOR AT THE U OF I,
MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY.KALER
SAYS FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE
BEING MADE IN CHICAGO.THE
A FEW OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD
HAVE LED TO HER DEATHaUT
FOR NOW, THOMASa
BEING CONSIDERED A TRAFIC
ACCIDENT.
((EMILY))WEa
UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE.FOR
NOW, LIVE IN CHAMPAIGN, EMILY
BRAUN WCIA THREE, YOUR LOCAL
NEWS LEADER.
(SKYCAM)HERE IS A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE USING OUR ROOFING DOG
EYENET.(RADAR)HERE IS A LOOK
AT OUT LOCAL RADAR LOOP.
(TEMPERATURES)HERE IS A LOOK
AT OUR TEMPERATURES THIS
MORNING.(WINDS)HERE IS A LOOK
AT OUR WINDS THIS MORNING.
(FUTURETRACK)HERE IS YOUR
PREDICTION FOR RAIN AND
TEMPERATURES TODAY.(TODAY)HERE
IS YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE,
WIND, AND SKY CONDITIONS FOR
TODAY.(TONIGHT)HERE IS YOUR
LOW TEMPERATURE, WIND, AND SKY
CONDITIONS FOR
((AARON))STATE POLICE ARON))((A
((AARON))STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING AFTER A BODY WAS
FOUND IN SHELBY COUNTY.((CHRIST
IE))MUSHROOM HUNTERS FOUND
MICHAEL EAKLE IN A LOW-LYING
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY
KNOCKING ON HIS WINDOW.EAKLE
WENT OUTSIDE BUT HE NEVER CAME
BACK IN DAYS AGO A STOLEN
VEHICLE WAS FOUND ABOUT 700
FEET FROM THE LAKE AND EAKLES
JACKET WAS IN THE BACK SEAT.
STATE POLICE SAY THERE IS AN
AUTOPSY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY .
((CHRISTIE))ONE PERSON IS IN
CUSTODY AFTER A VERMILION
COUNTY GRADE SCHOOL WENT ON A
HARD LOCKDOWN. ((AARON))IT
ONLY CALLED IT INAPPROPRIATE
AND IT WAS ENOUGH FOR THEM TO
PUT THE SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWN.
GRANDPARENTS WE TALKED TO SAY
SCHOOL LEADERS HELPED STUDENTS
STAY CALM DURING THE
INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY
BELIEVE KIDS ARE TOO FAMILIAR
WITH THE IDEA OF VIOLENCE IN
SCHOOL.
MELISSA WINKLER "She just had
a nightmare Monday, I think,
Sunday night or Monday, she
It's scaring them to death to
go to school."THE NAME OF THE
PERSON ARRESTED HAS NOT BEEN
RELEASED.SCHOOL LEADERS SAY
THERE WILL BE EXTRA POLICE
OFFICERS AROUND THE SCHOOL
TODAYTO HELP STUDENTS FEEL
SAFE AFTER WHAT HAPPENED.
((CHRISTIE))NEW THIS MORNING---
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN
ARMED ROBBERY IN RANTOUL.IT
HAPPENED EARLY YESTERDAY
MORNING AT THE CASEY'S ON
NORTH CENTURY BOULEVARD.POLICE
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, CALL
POLICE.
((AARON))ALSO NEW THIS
MORNING---A DECATUR MAN WAS
ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SAY HE
SENT SEXUAL FACEBOOK MESSAGES
TO A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL.OUR
PARTNERS AT THE HERALD AND
REVIEW REPORT THE MAN WANTED
TO TEST THE GIRL AFTER A CHILD
IN HIS FAMILY RECEIVED A NUDE
PICTURE OF THE GIRL'S YOUNGER
RELATIVE.OFFICERS GOT
SCREENSHOTS OF THE MESSGES
FROM THE GIRL'S FATHER.THE MAN
SAID HE KNEW SHE WAS UNDERAGE
AND THAT IT PROBABLY WASN'T
THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THE
SITUATION.HE'S BEING HELD ON
CHARGES FOR INDECENT
SOLICITATION OF A CHILD.
((CHRISTIE))ONE OF THE STATE'S
TO KILL A BIPARTISAN SEXUAL
HARASSMENT BILL.LAST WEEK...
WE TOLD YOU A BIPARTISAN GROUP
OF SENATORS ANNOUNCED THEY
PASSED A BILL IN THE SENATE
THAT WOULD BETTER PREVENT
SEXUAL HARRASSMENT IN THE
WORKPLACE.IT WOULD LIMITED NON
DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS THAT
COULD DETER WORKERS FROM
REPORTING HARASSMENT.ááBUT
THERE'S A RIVAL BILL IN THE
IN CHAMPAIGN.THAT'S WHAT THEY
FIRST THOUGHT.IT WAS LATER
DISCOVERED IT CAME FROM A FUEL
OIL TANK IN THE BASEMENT OF A
BUILDING NEAR 6TH AND DANIEL.
OFFICIALS SAY ... IT STARTED
LEAKING INTO A FLOOR DRAIN
BELIEVED TO TIE INTO THE STORM
SEWER.THE OWNER OF THE
BUILDING HAS HIRED A HAZARDOUS
MATERIAL CONTRACTOR.THEY'RE
WORKING WITH THE I-E-P-A.
((CHRISTIE))A RIDGE FARM
COUPLE IS LEFT TO PICK UP THE
JUST EIGHT MONTHS, SHE SAYS
THE PEOPLE RENTING IT
DESTROYED IT.SHE EVENTUALLY
EVICTED THEM, BUT NOT BEFORE
THEY LEFT A LOT OF DAMAGE.
"Probably about two or three
months after they moved in, we
started seeing trash outside,
and I started getting a little
worried and then we had the
neighbors telling us stuff,
and people were telling us
stuff about them being on
drugs, and you know, I like
helping people, but I won't
help people that are on drugs
that won't help themselves."
THE OWNERS HOPE THE CHURCH CAN
((CHRISTIE))IT'S NOT JUST
TROOPERS WHO ARE TIRED OF
PEOPLE NOT MOVING OVER.((AARON)
)STILL TO COME IN THE 7
O'CLOCK HOUR OF THE MORNING
SHOW OVER ON WCIX --HOW TOW
TRUCK DRIVERS STEPPED UP TO
HELP ENFORCE THE LAW.
((CHRISTIE))BUT BEFORE THAT --
LETS GET ONE LAST CHECK OF THE
FORECAST WITH ADAM.