THREE NEWS AT SIX.
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
STUDENTS AND STAFF IS OUR
HIGHEST PRIORITY. THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF CERRO GORDO
SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TEMPORARILY
CLOSING THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IN
PERSON LEARNING. GOOD EVENING,
I'M JEN LASK. 7 STUDENTS AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
W-C-I-A THREE'S JAMIE MAYES IS
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.
JAMIE--YOU SPOKE TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT. WHAT DID HE
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED?
((JAMIE)) HE SAID THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL WILL TEMPORARILY SWITCH
TO REMOTE LEARNING. PARENTS I
SPOKE TO SAY THEY'RE ALSO
DOING THEIR PART TO KEEP THEIR
CHILDREN HEALTHY.
THE CERRO GORDO SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS HAD 7 PEOPLE TEST
POSITIVE FOR COVID 19 AT THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE POSITIVE
TESTS WERE CONFIRMED WITHIN
THE LAST WEEK. SARA
CARTER/PARENT IT DIDN
SURPRISE ME. WE KNEW IT WOULD
JUST BE A MATTER OF TIME AFTER
SCHOOL STARTED. SARA CARTER
HAS 2 SONS WHO ATTEND THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SARA
CARTER/PARENT WE CHOSE TO DO
THE REMOTE LEARNING TO TRY AND
KEEP OUR KIDS OUT OF IT 3
PEOPLE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
TESTED POSITIVE OVER THE
WEEKEND... BRINGING THE TOTAL
TO 7 WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.
STARTING TUESDAY ALL CERRO
GORDO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND
STAFF WILL DO REMOTE LEARNING.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEY
DON'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE WHO
TESTED POSITIVE GOT THE VIRUS
FROM SOMEONE AT SCHOOL. BUT
THEY'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS.
BRETT ROBINSON/SUPERINTENDENT
CERRO GORDO SCHOOLS PLEASE
CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR
CHILDREN TO PRACTICE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND WEARING A FACE
MASK DURING THE TIMES THAT
THEY ARE NOT AT SCHOOL AND WE
ARE REQUIRING THOSE THINGS
WHILE THEY ARE AT SCHOOL.
ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH IN
PERSON LEARNERS WILL CONTINUE
TO LEARN AT SCHOOL. ALL
STUDENTS AND STAFFERS WHO HAD
CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE CASES
ARE BEING QUARANTINED FOR 2
WEEKS. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR
SYMPTOMS AND DISINFECT. CARTER
SAYS SHE FEELS GOOD KNOWING
HER KIDS ARE HOME. SARA
CARTER/PARENT WE
BEST TO TRY AND KEEP THEM
SAFE. THAT'S SOMETHING THE
SUPERINTENDENT SAYS HE'S
FOCUSED ON TOO. BRETT
ROBINSON/CERRO GORDO SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND
STAFF IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY.
((JAMIE) IN PERSON CLASSES FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE
PLANNED TO START ON SEPTEMBER
21ST. THANKS, JAMIE.
THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS MORE THAN
250-THOUSAND PEOPLE TOTAL HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
MORE THAN 13- HUNDRED NEW
POSITIVE CASES WERE CONFIRMED
WITHIN THE LAST DAY. EIGHT
MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED. IN
TOTAL, MORE THAN 81-HUNDRED
PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN ILLINOIS
SINCE THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC. THE PRELIMINARY 7-
DAY POSITIVITY RATE IS
4-POINT-2 PERCENT.
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARE
SEARCHING FOR AN 18-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT IN A DEADLY SHOOTING
THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN
OLNEY. INVESTIGATORS RESPONDED
TO A SHOOTING AT NORTH WALNUT
AND EAST LAUREL STREETS...
WHERE THEY FOUND 19- YEAR-OLD
KYLE JOHNSON WITH SEVERAL
GUNSHOT WOUNDS. HE WAS TAKEN
TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER
DIED. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED
FOR TOMORROW. POLICE ARE
SEARCHING FOR 18- YEAR-OLD
RICK MEADOR. HE'S DESCRIBED AS
WHITE, WITH BROWN HAIR, HAZEL
COLORED EYES. HE'S 5-FOOT-11
AND ROUGHLY 155 POUNDS. HE
MIGHT ALSO BE WITH A FEMALE
JUVENILE. A WARRANT HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST. IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CONTACT
POLICE.
LOVED ONES OF A MISSING
RANTOUL MAN ARE BEGGING FOR
MORE HELP IN THEIR SEARCH.
62-YEAR-OLD DAVID FRANKLIN HAS
BEEN MISSING FOR ALMOST THREE
WEEKS. A FRIEND OF THE
FAMILY... JAN FALVEY... THINKS
POLICE SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE
TIME LOOKING FOR HIM. FALVEY'S
LATE FATHER WAS A CLOSE FRIEND
OF FRANKLIN'S. SHE SAYS THEIR
FAMILIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
CLOSE. THAT'S WHY SHE'S SO
WORRIED ABOUT HIS
DISAPPRANCE... ESPECIALLY AS
MORE TIME PASSES.
"WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT
HIM. WE'RE REALLY SCARED FOR
HIM, AND WE WANT TO BRING HIM
HOME SAFE." "HE'S CONFUSED...
POSSIBLY, DEFINITEY IN NEED OF
MEDICAL CARE. HE HAS PEOPLE
WHO MISS HIM AND ARE WORRIED
ABOUT HIM. HELP BRING HIM HOME
SAFELY PLEASE." POLICE HAVE
TOLD US FRANKLIN RIDES A BLUE
MOUNTAIN BIKE.... IT HAS
WOODEN AND METAL RACKS ON THE
BACK. HE WAS LAST SEEN ON EAST
GROVE AVENUE IN RANTOUL..
THAT'S OFF OF HIGHWAY 136.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN BRIGHT
ORANGE T SHIRTS AROUND CENTRAL
ILLINOIS TODAY. THE LEROY
COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER FOR A
"FRIENDSHIP RIDE". ALL TO
REMEMBER A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
W-C-I-A THREE'S GABRIELLE
COOKE IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.
GABRIELLE WHO EXACTLY ARE THEY
HONORING?
((GABRIELLE)) THEY'RE
REMEBERING TYLER GRAF. HE DIED
IN APRIL. SO HIS FAMILY WANTED
TO SPREAD HIS JOYOUS SPIRIT.
AND THEY DID SO BY STOPPING
THROUGHOUT CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
TYLER'S MOM PAT GRAF CAME UP
WITH THE IDEA OF A FRIENSHIP
RIDE TO HONOR HIM. HE DROWNED
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN A POND IN
THE WOODS IN LEROY. SHE
REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE ON
FACEBOOK MENTIONING THE IDEA
BUT NEVER THOUGHT THIS MANY
PEOPLE WOULD SHOW UP.
"JUST WANT TO BRIGHTEN AND
BETTER EVERYBODY'S DAY TODAY
WE COME IN CONTACT WITH TODAY
ANYBODY THAT SEES US YOU KNOW
LET'S WAVE, SMILE, JUST MAKE
EVERYBODY'S DAY BETTER". THEIR
STOP AFTER LEROY WAS IN
HEYOWRTH WHERE THEY GRABBED A
BITE TO EAT AND CONCLUDE THEIR
RIDE IN FARMER CITY.
((GABRIELLE)) TYLER ALSO LOVED
MOTORCYLES WHICH IS WHY THEY
HAD TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE
SOME HARLEY'S IN TODAYS DRIVE
BY. JEN. THANKS GABRIELLE.
CORONAVIRUS HAS HAD A BIG
IMPACT ON BLOOD DONATIONS. THE
URBANA COMMUNITY BLOOD
SERVICES SAYS THEY DIDN'T GET
AS MANY DONATIONS OVER THE
PAST FEW MONTHS. SO THEY
OPENED THEIR DOORS TO HELP
RECOVER SOME OF THEIR LOSSES.
THEY'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON
GETTING HELP FROM PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD THE VIRUS.
KIRBY WINN, MANAGER OF PUBLIC
RELATIONS: "THE PRIORITY HAS
BEEN PLACED ON FINDING PEOPLE
WHO'VE HAD AN INFECTION AND
POSITIVE TEST WHO CAN LATER
GIVE THEIR PLASMA, AND THEN
THOSE PLASMA DONATIONS CAN BE
USED IN PATIENT CARE BECAUSE
THEY CONTAIN THE ANTIBODIES TO
COVID-19." FOR PATIENTS
CURRENTLY BATTLING THE
DISEASE, THESE ANTIBODIES CAN
BE CRUCIAL FOR A SPEEDY
RECOVERY. BECAUSE CORONAVIRUS
DOES NOT SPREAD VIA BLOOD
TRANSFUSION, THE DRIVE DOES
NOT TEST SAMPLES FOR THE
VIRUS. HOWEVER IT STILL TAKES
PREVENTATIVE SCREENING
MEASURES AS WELL AS WEARING
MASKS AND PRACTICING SOCIAL
DISTANCING TO PREVENT
CONTAMINATION.
A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS
URGING PEOPLE TO STOCK UP WITH
AT LEAST TWO WEEKS OF SUPPLIES
FOR A DISASTER KIT. THAT'S
BECAUSE EARLY ON IN THE
PANDEMIC, ESSENTIAL ITEMS WERE
HARDER TO COME BY. THE
VERMILION COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS YOU SHOULD
ALWAYS STOCK UP ON INCLUDE
WATER, NON- PERISHABLE FOOD,
FIRST-AID-KITS AS WELL AS NON-
PERSCRIPTION MEDICATION,
FLASHLIGHTS WITH BATTERIES AND
BLANKETS. THE CDC SAYS YOU
SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE FACE
MASKS, SOAP, HAND SANITIZER
AND DISINFECTING WIPES, WHILE
STRESSING THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KEEP MULTIPLE KITS AT HOME,
WORK AND IN YOUR CAR.
((JEN)) ALSO TONIGHT, BOB
TUTKO/FIRE CHIEF "IT WAS KINDA
LIKE ONE OF THOSE HGTV SHOWS
WHERE YA WALK IN AND YOU'RE
LIKE, HEY I CAN DO THIS."
WE'LL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT
EFFINGHAM'S NEW FIRE
STATION... FOR OUR TOWN, FALL
EDITION. TONIGHTSHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, MAINLY
BEFORE 11PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY,
WITH A LOW AROUND 65. EAST
WIND AROUND 8 MPH BECOMING
SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH
POSSIBLE. TUESDAYA SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 8AM, THEN
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3PM.
MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR
88. EAST WIND 7 TO 11 MPH
BECOMING SOUTH SOUTHWEST IN
THE AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD
GUST AS HIGH AS 16 MPH. CHANCE