HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT
"NOW YOUR
"NOW YOUR FORECAST FIRST...
SPONSORED BY MATTEX HEATING
AND COOLING." Tonight Mostly
clear, with a low around 47.
Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Saturday A 50 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms
after 4pm. Increasing clouds,
with a high near 71. East wind
around 8 mph becoming south in
the afternoon.
((ANDY)) FOUR STUDENTS ARE
ARRESTED AFTER A SCHOOL FIGHT
EARLIER THIS WEEK. WHY POLICE
WILL HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE ON DUTY
TONIGHT HERE AT CENTENNIAL.
"He took one look at it and he
goes that's a bullet hole."
SHE FOUND IT IN THE WALL OF
HER STUDIO, WHAT SHE WANTS
THOSE WITH GUNS TO KNOW BEFORE
THEY PULL THE TRIGGER.
((MARLEE)) THE ILLINI ARE
HOPING TO REBOUND AFTER TWO
STREET TOUGH LOSSES, BUT,
THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT ON THE
ROAD HERE IN MINNESOTA. I'LL
HAVE A LIVE PREVIEW.
FROM YOUR LOCAL NEWSLEADER,
THIS IS THE WCIA 3 NEWS AT
SIX.
"The police departments
committed to working with Unit
Four and the community to
provide a safe learning
enviornment for the students."
((PAUL)) AND THEY'RE WORKING
EXTRA HARD THIS WEEKEND AFTER
4 STUDENTS WERE ARRESTED FOR
TUESDAY'S FIGHT AT CENTENNIAL
HIGH SCHOOL IN CHAMPAIGN. GOOD
EVENING... I'M PAUL CICCHINI.
((JESSICA)) AND I'M JESSICA
KUNZ IN FOR JENNIFER. THIS
WEEKEND IS CENNTENNIAL'S
HOMECOMING. AND POLICE ARE
MAKING SURE EVERYONE STAYS
SAFE AFTER THAT BIG FIGHT THAT
WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. POLICE
ARRESTED TWO BOYS AND TWO
GIRLS FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
AND MOB ACTION W-C-I-A THREE'S
ANDY OLSON IS LIVE AT
CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. ANDY
-- WHAT ARE POLICE DOING THIS
WEEKEND?
((ANDY)) FOR THE HOMECOMING
FOOTBALL GAME AND DANCE THERE
WILL BE MORE SQUAD CARS AND
MORE OFFICERS IN THE AREA.
POLICE HAVE SAID THEY HAVE
UPPED THEIR PATROLS AROUND THE
SCHOOL SINCE TUESDAY. IT WAS
CONFIRMED IN THEIR RELEASE
THAT SEVERAL TEACHERS WERE
HURT BREAKING UP THAT FIGHT.
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THE
FAMILY OF THE STUDENT
ATTACKED. THEY SAY HE HAS A
CONCUSSION. POLICE EMPHASISED
THEY WANTED BOTH TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS TO FEEL SAFE THIS
WEEKEND DESPITE THE VIOLENCE
EARLIER IN THE WEEK. SERGEANT
DENNIS BALTZELL SAYS THE EXTRA
PATROLS ARE ONLY PRECAUTIONARY
THOUGH.
"It is homecoming weekend for
the school and we are
providing additional staff at
the game and the dance that
follows. Again, just to make
sure it's safe enviornment. We
haven't recieved any threats
of violence or anything like
that. Just to be safe." ONE OF
THE BOYS ARRESTED WAS
ARRAIGNED TODAY. I TALKED WITH
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
AND THEY SAID HE WAS ORDERED
DETENTION UNTIL A LATER TRIAL.
THE OTHER THREE HAVE A FEW
MORE STEPS BEFORE THEY'RE
ARRAIGNED NEXT WEEK.
((ANDY)) LIVE AT CENTENNIAL
HIGH SCHOOL. ANDY OLSON.
W-C-I-A- THREE YOUR LOCAL NEWS
LEADER. THANKS ANDY
((JESSICA)) TONIGHT'S
HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME
STARTS AT SEVEN P-M. THE
CHARGERS WILL TAKE ON URBANA
HIGH SCHOOL. TOMORROW'S DANCE
WILL BE AT 7-30 P-M. POLICE
SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO
THE FIGHT WILL REMAIN OPEN.
((JESSICA)) WE HAVE NEW
INFORMATION ON AN OFFICER-
INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT
HAPPENED AT THE VERMILION
COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY SAYS CRIMINAL CHARGES
WILL*NOT BE FILED AGAINST
THE OFFICER. INVESTIGATORS SAY
DEPUTY KYLE JANESKY WAS TRYING
TO MOVE 55-YEAR-OLD DARYL
PERKINS BETWEEN HOLDING CELLS.
THAT'S WHEN THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY SAYS THE INMATE
STABBED JANESKY SEVERAL
TIMES... WITH BOTH PENS AND A
MULTI-TOOL. THEY SAY HE ALSO
WAS TRYING TO GET TO JANESKY'S
GUN AND TASER DURING THE
STRUGGLE. THE DEPUTY ENDED UP
SHOOTING PERKINS FOUR TIMES.
PERKINS LATER DIED. THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY SAYS IT WAS
REASONABLE FOR JANESKY TO
BELIEVE PERKINS WAS TRYING TO
KILL OR HURT HIM.
((PAUL)) A WOMAN WHO STOPPED A
SCHOOL SHOOTER IS BEING
HONORED WITH THE CARNEGIE
MEDAL. IT'S GOING TO MATTOON
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ANGELA
MCQUEEN. THE AWARD IS GIVEN
THROUGHOUT THE U-S AND CANADA
TO PEOPLE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES
TO AN EXTRAORDINARY DEGREE. 2
YEARS AGO... MCQUEEN TOOK DOWN
A STUDENT WHO HAD STARTED
SHOOTING IN THE SCHOOL'S
CAFETERIA. ONE STUDENT WAS
SHOT... BUT SURVIVED. MCQUEEN
SUFFERED MINOR HEARING LOSS IN
BOTH EARS... AS WELL AS OTHER
INJURIES. SHE WILL RECEIVE THE
AWARD AT BROADWAY CHRISTIAN
CHURCH IN MATTOON ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AT 4.
((PAUL)) NEW AT 6 -- A WOMAN
IN CHAMPAIGN SAYS... SOMEONE
SHOT AT HER PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO
EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW -- SHE
HAS A MESSAGE FOR OTHERS
BEFORE THEY PLAY AROUND WITH
GUNS. ((JESSICA)) THIS WOMAN
WASN'T THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED
.. BUT IF SHE HAD BEEN, THIS
WOULD BE A MUCH DIFFERENT
STORY. WCIA THREE'S COURTNEY
BUNTING JOINS US NOW. COURTNEY
-- DOES SHE THINK THIS WAS
RANDOM?
((COURTNEY)) SHE THINKS THEY
WERE TARGET- PRACTICING.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE BULLET HIT
THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. BUT
SHE SAYS IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AIMING
WHEN YOU FIRE A GUN. IT CAN
STILL BE DEADLY.
MARSHA DREGER IS THANKING HER
LUCKY STARS SHE WASN'T AT WORK
WHEN A BULLET CAME THROUGH HER
STUDIO WALL. "I came in to do
something in the prop room,
and I noticed the floor was
littered with dust." DREGER'S
STUDIO IS ON CHAMPAIGN'S WEST
SIDE, NEAR MATTIS AVENUE. SHE
AND HER HUSBAND SAY THE AREA
RARELY GIVES THEM TROUBLE.
"We've had no incidents or
anything like that. It's been
a very quiet neighborhood."
BUT THAT DIDN'T SAVE HER FROM
COMING HOME TO THIS. "I looked
up and I saw this hole. I just
assumed something had fallen
against the wall." "It came
through the prop room wall, I
had both the doors open and it
traveled down the hall somehow
missed my antique cameras and
hit the side of my roll top
desk and just sortof dropped
there." ALTHOUGH SHE'S HAPPY
SHE WASN'T THERE. THE REALITY
OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
DIDN'T ESCAPE HER. "people
don't realize. I know I didn't
realize how fast and how far a
rifle bullet can travel, and
that it can go through
houses." "It was just some
person probably
target-shooting." DREGER AND
HER HUSBAND PEOPLE TO KNOW...
FIRING A GUN AT ALL, NO MATTER
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT, IS
DANGEROUS. "I drove around the
neighborhood trying to find
the angle or something like
that, and all I could see was
houses houses houses." AND A
WALL WON'T ALWAYS PROTECT
SOMEONE. "If I'd been standing
there working in the prop
room, it probably would've
killed me."
((COURTNEY)) LAWYERS SAY BOTH
STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCES
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FIRING A
GUN IN TOWN, UNLESS IT'S FOR
SELF- DEFENSE. BUT ANYONE WHO
TARGET-PRACTICES IN TOWN WOULD
MOST LIKELY BE CHARGED WITH
RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF A
FIREARM. THANKS COURTNEY
((JESSICA)) WE HAVE A FOLLOW
UP FROM CLARK COUNTY.
AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING
FOR A MAN WITH DEMENTIA WHO
DISAPPEARED ON WEDNESDAY.
66-YEAR-OLD CHARLES EGNER WAS
LAST SEEN WALKING INTO A
WOODED AREA IN MARTINSVILLE.
HE WAS WEARING A CAMO SHIRT
AND PANTS. HE'S 6-1 -- WEIGHS
240 POUNDS, HAS GRAY HAIR AND
GREEN EYES. THEY'RE SEARCHING
PONDS AND OTHER BODIES OF
WATER. IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION -- CONTACT THE
CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
((PAUL)) THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
ISN'T JUST ABOUT FOOTBALL. HOW
SEVERAL SCHOOLS ARE USING THE
GAMES TO HELP OTHERS.
((JESSICA)) ALSO TONIGHT,
((CRAIG)) WE HAVE TWO TEAMS
THAT ARE BOTH FIGHTING FOR A
POST SEASON BIRTH, WERE LIVE
AS WE PREVIEW THIS BIG
MATCH-UP BETWEEN CENTRAL AND
DANVILLE. Tonight Mostly
clear, with a low around 47.
Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Saturday A 50 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms
after 4pm. Increasing clouds,
with a high near 71. East wind
around 8 mph becoming south in
the afternoon.
"Now stormtracker weather."