"NOW YOUR FORECAST FIRST...
SPONSORED BY MATTEX HEATING
AND COOLING." ((KEVIN))
Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a
low around 28. North wind
around 6 mph. Tuesday Partly
sunny, with a high near 37.
West northwest wind 5 to 11
A MAHOMET WOMAN
FORECAST FIRST... SPONSORED BY
MATTEX HEATING AND COOLING."
((KEVIN)) Tonight Mostly
cloudy, with a low around 28.
North wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday Partly sunny, with a
high near 37. West northwest
wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts
"FROM YOUR LOCAL NEWS
LEADER...
NEWS LEADER... THIS IS WCIA
THREE NEWS AT FIVE"
((PAUL)) A MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING A WOMAN OVER A DECADE
AGO WAS IN COURT TODAY.
((PAUL)) A MAN ACCUSED OF
A MAHOMET WOMAN WAS STABBED TO
DEATH OVER A DECADE AGO.
TODAY...THE TRIAL FOR HER
ACCUSED KILLER STARTED. WE'LL
TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE
THE COURTROOM. A DAYCARE OWNER
WAS ARRESTED FOR HURTING A
BABY. WHAT SHE'S ACCUSED OF
DOING TO A 6-MONTH-OLD A CHASE
STARTED AT AN OLD NAVY AND
ENDED ON AN INTERSTATE RAMP.
WHY TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.
"FROM YOUR LOCAL NEWS
LEADER... THIS IS WCIA THREE
NEWS AT FIVE"
((PAUL)) A MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING A WOMAN OVER A DECADE
AGO WAS IN COURT TODAY. GOOD
EVENING... I'M PAUL CICCHINI.
((JESSICA)) AND I'M JESSICA
KUNZ. JENNIFER IS OFF TONIGHT.
MICHAEL HENSLICK WAS ARRESTED
IN 2018 FOR STABBING HOLLY
CASSANO TO DEATH. IT HAPPENED
AT HER HOME IN MAHOMET. D-N-A
EVIDENCE FROM A CIGARETTE LED
TO HENSLICK'S ARREST YEARS
AFTER THE MURDER. WCIA3'S
JAMIE MAYES IS LIVE IN FRONT
OF THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. JAMIE---WHAT
HAPPENED THERE TODAY?
((JAMIE)) HENSLICK IS INSIDE
THE COURTHOUSE NOW. THEY ARE
SELECTING JURORS FOR HIS
TRIAL. IN COURT TODAY... THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY SAYS THEY
OFFERED HENSLICK A PLEA DEAL
IN 2019 FOR A 55 YEAR SENTENCE
IF HE PLEADED GUILTY. BUT
HENSLICK NEVER ACCEPTED THE
OFFER. HENSLICK IS BEING
CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE
2009 MURDER. HE IS ACCUSED OF
STABBING HOLLY CASSANO 60
TIMES AND ASSAULTING HER. HE
STAYED DOORS DOWN FROM CASSANO
AND THEY HAD MUTUAL FRIENDS
WHEN THEY ATTENDED MAHOMET-
SEYMOUR HIGH SCHOOL. POLICE
SAY HE ADMITTED TO THE CRIME
BUT HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN
OCTOBER 2018.
((JAMIE)) IF HE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF ONE OR MORE OF THE
CHARGES AGANIST HIM HE COULD
SPEND 20 TO 60 YEARS IN
PRISON. BUT PROSECUTORS PLAN
TO SEEK A LIFE SENTENCE.
THANKS JAMIE.
((JESSICA)) THE TRIAL IS
SCHEDULED TO START AT NINE A-M
TOMORROW MORNING. YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD THE WCIA THREE NEWS
APP TO GET UPDATES.
((PAUL)) A MATTOON DAYCARE
WORKER IS ACCUSED OF SHAKING A
BABY. POLICE ARRESTED
49-YEAR-OLD CARMEN PETAK ON
FRIDAY. SHE HAD BEEN RUNNING A
DAYCARE OUT OF HER HOME.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 6-MONTH-
OLD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
TWO WEEKS AGO. SHE HAD
BLEEDING ON HER BRAIN....BUT
WASN'T BRUISED OR HURT
ANYWHERE ELSE. POLICE SAY
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH A BABY
WHO'S BEEN SHAKEN. THEY LATER
INTERVIEWED PETAK WHO ADMITTED
TO GETTING FRUSTRATED AND
SHAKING THE BABY.
"Obviously there's a lot of
people that this affects. The
parents, the grandparents,
daycare providors, because an
infant that small can't tell
us what happened. And so it's
a major investigation -
everyone gets interviewed,
everyone gets brought in and
interviewed. I know the
doctors and nurses- they're
doing theri part too." THE
BABY IS DOING OKAY NOW...AND
IS HOME. DOCTORS DON'T KNOW
YET IT THERE WILL BE LONG-TERM
DAMAGE. PETAK WAS AN ILLINOIS
STATE TROOPER FROM 2006 TO
2010. STATE POLICE DID NOT
GIVE HER REASON FOR
RESIGNATION.
((JESSICA)) POLICE ARRESTED
TWO PEOPLE FOR SHOPLIFTING AT
THE OLD NAVY IN TUSCOLA AND
THEN LEADING THEM ON A CHASE.
POLICE SAY THEY GOT THE CALL
FROM OLD NAVY EMPLOYEES. THEY
WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP TO THE
TWO SUSPECTS ON I-57 BY THE
CURTIS ROAD EXIT. THE SUSPECTS
TRIED TO DRIVE AWAY AND
CRASHED INTO A PICKUP TRUCK.
THEY WERE ALSO HIT BY A SEMI.
POLICE SAY THE TWO SUSPECTS
THEN GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR AND
RAN UP THE RAMP. THEY WERE
EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
TYLER WELCH AND TAYAH
WASHINGTON ARE BOTH FACING
CHARGES OF RETAIL THEFT AND
ELUDING POLICE.
((PAUL)) DANVILLE POLICE ARE
LOOKING INTO 2 SEPARATE
SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER
THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST WAS
SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR HAZEL AND
WOODBURY STREETS. POLICE
SAY... THE VICTIM SAID WAS
RIDING A BICYCLE WHEN SOMEONE
SHOT AT HIM. HE BELIEVES THE
GUNFIRE CAME FROM A LIGHT
COLORED TRUCK. DANVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL WAS PUT ON A
PRECAUTIONARY LOCKDOWN DURING
AN AFTER SCHOOL EVENT. THAT'S
BECAUSE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED
A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. THE SECOND
SHOOTING HAPPENED EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING NEAR KIMBER AND GRANT
STREETS. POLICE FOUND A 38-
YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT IN THE BACK.
HE TOLD POLICE HE WAS WALKING
INTO HIS HOME WHEN SOMEONE
STARTED SHOOTING. BOTH VICTIMS
ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. IF
YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
SHOOTINGS -- CALL POLICE.
((PAUL)) POLICE SAY THEY
RESPONDED TO SEVERAL SHOTS
FIRED IN URBANA LAST NIGHT.
AND MINUTES LATER...A CAR
CRASHED INTO A TREE NEARBY.
((JESSICA)) IT HAPPENED NEAR
TOWN AND COUNTRY APARTMENTS AT
CUNNINGHAM AND KERR AVENUES.
W-C-I-A THREE'S KARINA RUBIO
IS LIVE IN THE CONTROL ROOM.
KARINA -- DO WE KNOW IF THESE
TWO INCIDENTS ARE CONNECTED IN
ANY WAY?
((KARINA)) I TALKED TO SOMEONE
WHO LIVES RIGHT BEHIND TOWN
AND COUNTRY APARTMENTS. SHE
HEARD THE SHOTS -- AND SAYS
POLICE TOLD HER THERE'S A GOOD
CHANCE THE TWO ARE RELATED.
THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERRIF'S
OFFICE SAYS SOMEONE DRIVING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE-- WITH A
REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE --
CRASHED INTO A TREE AT PERKINS
AND BROWNFIELD ROAD. AT THE
SAME TIME -- URBANA POLICE
WERE INVESTIGATING SHOTS
FIRED. KATELYN KOONTZ LIVES IN
THE AREA -- AND SAYS POLICE
WERE LOOKING FOR BULLETS IN
HER BACKYARD. SHE SAYS SHE
HEARD THREE LOUD SHOTS -- A
BRIEF PAUSE -- THEN THREE
MORE.
Katelyn Koontz/ Urbana: "I
have this two month old, and
just wanting to protect her.
And just make sure she lives.
I didn't really think of
myself. It was scary because
we're unsure if there's going
to be more shots." POLICE
DIDN'T FIND ANY SHELL CASINGS
IN THE AREA TO HELP WITH AN
INVESTIGATION.
((KARINA)) AND THE CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS
THAT DRIVER WAS TICKETED AND
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HER
INJURIES. THANKS KARINA.
((JESSICA)) DECATUR POLICE
ARRESTED 34 PEOPLE FOR DRIVING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE LAST
MONTH.. FOUR OF THOSE WERE FOR
MARIJUANA USE. THE POLICE
CHIEF SAYS THOSE NUMBERS ARE
IN LINE WITH PAST JANUARY
NUMBERS. SEVERAL OF THEM WERE
A MIX OF ALCOHOL AND
MARIJUANA. IF THE PERSON GIVES
OFFICERS PERMISSION... POLICE
CAN DRAW BLOOD. POLICE SAY THE
NUMBER OF TICKETS FOR
POSSESSION OF POT DROPPED DOWN
TO FOUR THIS JANUARY...
COMPARED TO MORE THAN 30 IN
THE PAST. THREE OF THE TICKETS
LAST MONTH WERE FOR PASSENGERS
IN CARS HAVING IT ILLEGALLY.
((PAUL)) PEOPLE IN CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY WILL GET TO LEARN ABOUT
THE PEOPLE THEY'LL BE VOTING
FOR. A CANDIDATE FORUM IS
BEING HELD TONIGHT AT THE
CHAMPAIGN CITY BUILDING. THE
DEBATE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS BETSY
DIRKSEN LONDRIGAN AND STEFANIE
SMITH STARTS AT 7. THEY ARE
RUNNING FOR THE U-S HOUSE SEAT
IN THE 13TH DISTRICT. DESHAWN
WILLIAMS AND CHARLES YOUNG ARE
VYING FOR THE COUNTY BOARD 6
SEAT. THEY GO ON AT 7:50. MARY
KING AND CONNIE DILLARD- MYERS
ARE RUNNING FOR COUNTY BOARD
10 SEAT. THEY GO ON AT 8:25.
((PAUL)) ONE OF THE STATE'S
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SAID
HE'S RETIRING. JUSTICE ROBERT
THOMAS WILL STEP DOWN AT THE
END OF THE MONTH. HE WAS THE
FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE FROM
DUPAGE COUNTY WHEN HE WAS
ELECTED IN 2005. UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION... THE SUPREME
COURT HAS AUTHORITY TO FILL
INTERIM VACCANCIES. APPELLATE
JUSTICE MICHAEL BURKE HAS BEEN
APPOINTED TO FILL THE SEAT
STARTING MARCH 1ST UNTIL
DECEMBER 2022.
((JESSICA)) ONE DISTRICT IS
TALKING ABOUT TAKING MONEY
AWAY FROM ONE SCHOOL'S
PROJECT. AND ADDING MONEY TO A
DIFFERENT ONE. ((PAUL))
PLUS...THE REAL WORLD CAN BE A
SCARY PLACE. HOW ONE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS TRYING TO EASE THE