((CHRISTIE))LAST NIGHT --
RACES WERE DECIDED ALL OVER
THE STATE.((AARON))AND THIS
MORNING -- WE'RE GETTING YOU
CAUGHT UP ON ALL THE RESULTS
RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
WE ARE YOUR LOCAL ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING.WCIA
THREE'S ERICK PAYNE IS LIVE IN
AZARK COBBS GOT ABOUT 16
PERCENT.BUT THERE WAS ALSO A
CONTESTED CITY COUNCIL RACE AS
WELL.EIGHT CANDIDATES WERE
RUNNING FOR ELECTION... WITH
THE BALLOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE
FOR UP TO THREE OF THEM.THE
THREE WITH THE MOST VOTES WERE
TOM BRUNO.... MATTHEW GLADNEY
AND WILLIAM KYLES.I SPOKE WITH
TOM BRUNO AND MATTHEW GLADNEY
LAST NIGHT AFTER THE RESULTS
CAME IN.THEY BOTH TOLD ME
THEY'RE READY TO START MOVING
FORWARD... WITH LARGELY THE
SAME LINEUP AS BEFORE THE
ELECTION.THEY SAY THEY'RE
APPRECIATIVE OF HOW VOTERS
HAVE SHOWN THEY BELIEVE IN THE
WORK THEIR DOING.
NEARLY 19-THOUSAND TOTAL VOTES
WERE CAST AMONG ALL OF THE
EIGHT CANDIDATES.LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM.. ERICK PAYNE 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 TONIGHT.
((CHRISTIE))NOW TO SOME OF THE
OTHER MAYOR RACES ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS --((AARON))IN
VERMILION COUNTY ... RICKEY
WILLIAMS TOOK THE MAYOR'S JOB
ON AN INTERIM BASIS WHEN SCOTT
EISENHAUER LEFT FOR RANTOUL,
NOW WILLIAMS HAS OFFICIALLY
WON THAT POSITIONAND HE HAS
BEEN DECLARED A WINNER ..
WINNING WITH 48 PERCENT OF THE
VOTE OVER THREE OPPONENTS.
MORE THAN 50-PERCENT OF THE
VOTES... MIKE SCHUTZBACH IS
THE NEW MAYOR OF EFFINGHAM.
((CHRISTIE))IN DECATUR ...
ANOTHER MAYOR'S RACE WAS UP
FOR GRABS.JULIE MOORE-WOLFE IS
DECATUR'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR.
SHE WAS APPOINTED AFTER THE
DEATH OF MIKE MCELROY IN 20-15
AND THEN ELECTED TO THE
POSITION IN 2017.SHE'S THE
WINNER AGAIN THIS TIME AROUND.
((CHRISTIE))TO THE CAPITOL
CITY,ANOTHER MAYOR'S RACE.JIM
LANGFELDER HAS BEEN IN OFFICE
SINCE 2015,AND THAT WILL
CONTINUE.HEa
DECLARED A WINNER OVER FORMER
ALDERMAN AND FIRE CHIEF FRANK
EDWARDS.
LEADING POLICE ON A CHASE
ACROSS STATE LINES.POLICE SAY
... CHRISTINA NEWELL TRIED TO
CASH A STOLEN CHECK AT THE
FIRST FINANCIAL BANK NEAR 3RD
AND GILBERT STREET.THEY SAY
... SHE RAN AWAY FROM POLICE
AND STOLE A TRUCK FROM THE LOT
OF C-N CUSTOM STEEL WORKS.
POLICE SAY ... SHE DROVE EAST
ON I-74 AND CROSSED INTO
INDIANA.POLICE THERE TOOK OVER
THE CHASE.INIDIANA POLICE WERE
ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK WITH
STOP-STICKS.THEY HAD TO
NEGOTIATE WITH HER TO GET HER
OUT OF THE TRUCK.NEWELL WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND FOUND
WITH A GUN.SHE FACES SEVERAL
((CHRISTIE))NEW THIS MORNING---
A DECATUR MAN IS ON TRIAL FOR
CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.OUR MEDIA
PARTNERS AT THE HERALD AND
REVIEW REPORT A BOY TOOK THE
STAND YESTERDAY TO TESTIFY
AGAINST JOHN MCKOWN.THE BOY
SAID BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND
11, HE WAS ASSAULTED IN THE
BATHROOM WHEN HE VISITED
MCKOWN'S HOME.MCKOWN WAS
ARRESTED IN JANUARY OF LAST
YEAR AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO
THREE COUNTRY OF PREDATORY
CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AMONG
OTHER CHARGES.OFFICERS SAY A
MORNING---MATTOON IS ONE STEP
CLOSER TO GETTING A NEW
CHRISTIAN FAITH-BASED REHAB
FACILITY.OUR MEDIA PARTNERS AT
THE JOURNAL GAZETTE SAYS THE
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE
SPECIAL USE PERMIT LAST NIGHT
FOR ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE
ILLINOIS TO OPEN THE CENTER.
THE FACILITY WOULD GO INTO THE
OLD DOUGLAS NURSING AND
REHABILITATION CENTER. THE
PERMIT WAS APPROVED FOUR TO
ONE.
((AARON))THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
NURSING HOME FINALLY HAS A NEW
OWNER.((CHRISTIE))UNIVERSITY
REHAB REAL ESTATE ... OUT OF
THE CHICAGO SUBURBS ... BOUGHT
THE FACILITY FOR $11-MILLION-
DOLLARS.THE COUNTY CLOSED THE
DEAL AFTER BEING UP FOR SALE
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE HOME
HAS STRUGGLED FOR YEARS WITH
DEBT ... RACKING UP MILLIONS
IN UNPAID BILLS. CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY'S EXECUTIVE SAYS ...
THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING.
"The nursing home's been...
struggling. It's difficult to
manage. There's a lot of
changes in how healthcare is
operated, and so unless you
keep up with all the laws and
all the rules and all the
THE SAME AS NOW.THE NEW OWNERS
HAVE AGREED TO KEEP THE
NURSING HOME RUNNING UNTIL AT
LEAST 2028.PEOPLE LIVING IN
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY WILL GET
PRIORITY OVER HALF OF THE BEDS.
((AARON))NEW THIS MORNING---
PART OF BLOOMINGTON ROAD IN
CHAMPAIGN WILL BE CLOSED
STARTING TODAY.THE ROAD WILL
BE DOWN TO ONE LANE BETWEEN
PROSPECT AND MATTIS AVENUES.
THIS WILL ALLOW CREWS TO PATCH
AND RESURFACE THE ROAD, AS
WELL AS INSTALL NEW SIDEWALKS
AND LIGHTING.THE WORK IS
EXPECTED TO WRAP UP MID-JULY.
((CHRISTIE))THAT WILL WRAP UP
THE MORNING SHOW ON WCIA,BUT
COMING UP WHEN WE MAKE THE
SWITCH TO WCIX FOR THE 7 & 8
OCLOCK HOURS OF THE MORNING
SHOW.((AARON))KATHY SWEEDLER
IS STOPPING BY FOR YOUR MONEY.
FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU
AND YOUR LOVED ONES CAN KEEP
FROM GETTING SCAMMED AS YOU
GET OLDER.((CHRISTIE))BUT
BEFORE THAT -- LETS GET
ONE LAST