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A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 4AM.
MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW
AROUND 68. SOUTHEAST WIND
AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING CALM IN
THE EVENING. TUESDAY A 50
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY,
WITH A HIGH NEAR 85. CALM WIND
BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN
THE MORNING. TUESDAY NIGHT A
50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY
CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 70.
SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 7 MPH.
WEDNESDAY A 50 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR
87. WEST SOUTHWEST WIND 3 TO 6
MPH. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH
AS 15 MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY
CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 69.
CALM WIND. THURSDAY A 50
NOW YOUR FORECAST FIRST...
SPONSORED BY MATTEX HEATING,
COOLING, AND PLUMBING. TONIGHT
A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 4AM.
MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW
AROUND 68. SOUTHEAST WIND
AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING CALM IN
THE EVENING. TUESDAY A 50
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY,
WITH A HIGH NEAR 85. CALM WIND
BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN
THE MORNING. TUESDAY NIGHT A 50
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY,
WITH A LOW AROUND 70. SOUTHWEST
WIND 5 TO 7 MPH. WEDNESDAY A 50
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. PARTLY SUNNY,
WITH A HIGH NEAR 87. WEST
SOUTHWEST WIND 3 TO 6 MPH.
WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 15
MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A 30
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY,
WITH A LOW AROUND 69. CALM
WIND. THURSDAY A 50 PERCENT
CHANCE OF
A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
"BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAYING
FOR ME" AND IT WORKED, HOW ONE
MINISTER BATTLED COVID-19 FOR
MONTHS AND FINALLY WON"IT
CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY"
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
GETTING TESTED FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS, WHERE THE STATE
IS NOW SHUTTING IT DOWN.
"TALKING THE TALK BUT THEN
WALKING THE WALK" CIVIL RIGHTS
ICON AND CONGRESSMAN JOHN
LEWIS DIED AT THE AGE OF 80.
WHAT HE MEANT TO ONE OF THE
AREAS FIRST BLACK COUNTY CLERK
YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR LOCAL
NEWS LEADER... THIS IS WCIA
THREE NEWS AT SIX.
"IT WAS A DEVASTATING
SICKNESS" ((PAUL)) BUT NOW --
IT'S OVER. A MAN IN ARCOLA WHO
BATTLED COVID-19 AND ITS
EFFECTS FOR NEARLY 4 MONTHS
HAS RETURNED HOME. GOOD
EVENING ... I'M PAUL CICCHINI
76-YEAR-OLD PAUL FROESE TESTED
POSITIVE AT THE END OF MAY .
EVENTUALLY -- HIS SON ...
DAUGHTER- IN-LAW AND 3 OF HIS
GRANDCHILDREN ALSO TESTED
POSITIVE W-C-I-A 3'S COURTNEY
BUNTING IS LIVE IN OUR
NEWSROOM. COURTNEY -- THAT'S A
LONG TIME TO BE SICK.
((COURTNEY)) IT IS. HE'S BEEN
TO FACILITIES ALL OVER THE
STATE -- FROM CHAMPAIGN TO
CHICAGO TO CHARLESTON... AND
LASTLY.... LINCOLN. BUT WHERE
HE WANTED TO BE THE MOST --
WAS HOME.
IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO
WORDS...THE FEELING OF RE-
UNITING WITH FAMILY. THE
FROESE FAMILY... WAITED NEARLY
FOUR MONTHS FOR THAT MOMENT.
PAUL... HAS BEEN IN THE
HOSPITAL AND RECOVERING FROM
COVID-19 SINCE LATE MARCH.
"ELATED.... JUST TO GET TO
TOUCH THEM" NOW -- NEAR THE
END OF JULY... HE CAN RETURN
HOME. THE JOURNEY...HE
SAYS...WAS GRUELING."I WAS
SICKER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT. I
JUST DIDN
GOING ON MOST OF THE TIME"
"IT WAS A DEVASTATING
SICKNESS" FROESE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS FOR
EIGHT STRAIGHT WEEKS. ONCE HIS
TESTS STARTED COMING BACK
NEGATIVE... HE MOVED TO
GENERATIONS IN LINCOLN... FOR
RECOVERY."WHEN I CAME IN HERE
I WAS ABLE TO TAKE FIVE STEPS
IN THERAPY, THEN I HAD TO SIT
DOWN. NOW I CAN WALK THE HALLS
FOR AS LONG AS I WANT." "IT IS
A GREAT FEELING FOR EVERYBODY
WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO
SUCCESSFULLY GET SOMEONE OFF
THE VENTILATOR, DECANNULATED,
TAKE THEIR TRACHEA OUT AND
SEND THEM HOME." PAUL AND HIS
WIFE MARSHA EVEN CELEBRATED
THEIR 55TH ANNIVERSARY HERE.
"THEY LET ME COME OVER HERE
AND WE BROUGHT A CAKE AND WE
CELEBRATED HERE" THOUGH THE
SHORT VISITS ARE NICE... THE
REUNION -- CAN'T BE BEAT.
"JUST JOY. THANKFULNESS. JUST
SO EXCITED" AND NOW THAT HE'S
FINALLY OUT... HE'S EXCITED TO
DOING A LOT OF THINGS, MANY
TAKE FOR GRANTED."COURTNEY:
WHAT IS THE THING THAT YOU
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO ABOUT
BEING ABLE TO GO HOME"
"GETTING MY HAIR CUT" BUT
MORE THAN JUST A FRESH TRIM...
HE'S EAGER TO BE WITH THE
PEOPLE HE LOVES."THAT WAS THE
BIGGEST THING I MISSED. WHILE
I WAS IN CHICAGO, I DIDN
HAVE A PHONE. I HAD NO WAY OF
COMMUNICATING WITH ANYBODY,
AND THAT WAS MISERY""HE
MIRACLE. HE REALLY IS."
((COURTNEY)) FROESE'S FAMILY
SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW HOW HE
GOT THE VIRUS. BUT THEY SAY
HIS JOURNEY IS A REMINDER OF
HOW SERIOUS IT IS... AND HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT EVERYONE
IS CAREFUL. THANKS COURTNEY
((PAUL)) HIS SON ALSO TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. SO DID
HIS SON'S WIFE AND THEIR 3
CHILDREN. THEY'VE ALL SINCE
RECOVERED.
((PAUL)) AS OF LAST NIGHT --
OVER 14-HUNDRED PEOPLE IN
ILLINOIS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL
WITH CORONAVIRUS, OF THOSE ...
MORE THAN 300 ARE IN THE
I-C-U. THERE ARE OVER
11-HUNDRED NEW CASES IN THE
STATE TODAY ... WHICH BRINGS
THE STATE'S TOTAL NUMBER OF
INFECTIONS OVER 162-THOUSAND.
6 MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THERE
ARE NOW MORE THAN 73- HUNDRED
DEATHS IN ILLINOIS FROM COVID
19.
((PAUL)) THE GOVERNOR -- WHO
WORE A U OF I MASK -- WAS IN
URBANA TODAY TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE
UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. GOVERNOR
PRITZKER WARNED PARENTS TO
BRACE FOR A SCHOOL YEAR WITH
TWISTS AND TURNS AS STATE AND
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO
GRAPPLE WITH THE BEST WAYS TO
OPEN SCHOOLS SAFELY.
"THE DOCTORS AND THE
SCIENTISTS HAVE DETERMINED IN
HUNDREDS OF STUDIES NOW THAT
WEARING A FACE COVERING WILL
REDUCE TRANSMISSION OF
CORONAVIRUS BY 80 PERCENT"
THE STATE HAS REQUIRED PEOPLE
TO WEAR A MASK OR FACE
COVERING IN PUBLIC NOW FOR
MORE THAN 2 MONTHS. WE SAW OUR
FASTEST RATE OF DECLINE IN NEW
INFECTIONS IN THE WEEKS RIGHT
AFTER THE MASK REQUIREMENT
WENT INTO EFFECT.
((PAUL)) THE UNIT 7 SCHOOL
DISTRICT OUT OF TOLONO JUST
RELEASED ITS REOPENING PLAN
FOR THE FALL. IT CALLS FOR
FULL IN-SCHOOL LEARNING FIVE
DAYS PER WEEK WITH SHORTENED
SCHOOL DAYS. FOR STUDENTS WHO
DO NOT WANT BE THERE IN PERSON
REMOTE LEARNING IS AN OPTION.
EVERYONE IN SCHOOL WILL BE
REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS OR FACE
COVERINGS WHEN AROUND OTHERS.
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE
PLAN GO TO OUR WEBSITRE AT
WCIA .COM
((PAUL)) THIS IS A FOLLOW- UP
-- THE GOVERNOR REPEATED HIS
CALLS FOR SPEAKER MICHAEL
MADIGAN TO ANSWER TO THE
PUBLIC FOR THE ROLE HE'S
ACCUSED OF PLAYING IN AN 8-
YEAR LONG CORRUPTION SCHEME
INVOLVING COM-ED. THE POWER
COMPANY CONFESSED TO BRIBERY
AND AGREED TO PAY A $200
MILLION DOLLAR FINE IN ORDER
TO AVOID CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
PRITZKER WOULDN'T CALL FOR THE
SPEAKER TO*IMMEDIATEL* STEP
DOWN FROM ELECTED OFFICE OR AS
HEAD OF THE ILLINOIS
DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- BUT SAID
HE WANTS TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT
ELSE COMES OUT OF THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATION. THE SPEAKER HAS
NOT ANSWERED QUESTIONS -- BUT
SAID IN A STATEMENT THE
DOCUMENTS THE FEDS ARE AFTER
WILL SHOW -- QUOTE -- "HE HAS
DONE NOTHING CRIMINAL OR
IMPROPER."
((PAUL)) A STRING OF WEEKEND
SHOOTINGS IN PEORIA HAS LEFT
ONE PERSON DEAD AND 19 OTHERS
HURT. THE CHIEF OF POLICE SAYS
... 13 OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
SHOT WERE GATHERED AT THE
RIVERFRONT ON SUNDAY MORNING
FOR WHAT POLICE CALL A "ROVING
STREET PARTY". 100 SHELL
CASINGS WERE RECOVERED FROM
MULTIPLE SHOOTERS JUST AFTER
4:30. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS ...
IT WILL BE INCREASING
RESOURCES TO CURB FUTURE
ACTIVITY. IT ALSO SAID THE
WEEKEND COULD'VE BEEN MUCH
WORSE.
CHIEF LOREN MARION III, CHIEF
OF POLICE| PEORIA: "WE
RECOVERED 100 SHELL CASINGS,
SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT
NUMBER... AND THAT'S WHY I
REALLY STRESS THAT THIS CANNOT
BE TOLERATED, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
100 SHELL CASINGS RECOVERED
WITH A GROUP OF 200 PEOPLE
DOWN THERE? WE'RE FORTUNATE
THAT 13 PEOPLE GOT HIT, AND I
FEEL BAD FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO GOT SHOT, BUT IT COULD
HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE." THE
SHOOTINGS ARE UNDER
INVESTIGATION AND POLICE SAY
... THERE WERE MULTIPLE
SHOOTERS -- BUT THEY DON'T
HAVE A SUSPECT AT THIS TIME.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR
THE PUBLIC TO OFFER ANY
INFORMATION THEY MAY HAVE.
((PAUL)) THIS IS AN UPDATE --
TODAY'S THE FIRST ON THE JOB
FOR THE U OF I'S NEW POLICE
CHIEF. ALICE CARY WAS THE
CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND HAS
34 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT. SHE REPLACES
CRAIG STONE WHO LEFT IN
JANUARY.
((PAUL)) A SEMI CARRYING
ANHYDROUS AMMONIA OVERTURNED
JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY IN
RANTOUL. IT HAPPENED ON THE
NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 57 RAMP
HEADING ONTO ROUTE 136. POLICE
SAY ... ONE PERSON WAS IN THE
TRUCK. HE LEFT THE RAMP AND
CRASHED INTO THE GRASSY
MEDIAN. THE CRASH SHUT DOWN
THAT RAMP AND ITS EXPECTED TO
BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
THE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA DID NOT
SPILL. THE 58 YEAR OLD DRIVER
FROM FAIRMOUNT WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL -- BUT IS
EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. HE WAS
TICKETED FOR FAILURE TO REDUCE
SPEED TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT.
((PAUL)) HE MAY HAVE THE LAST
WORD ON WHETHER THERE WILL BE
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS
FALL, WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID
TODAY. ALSO TONIGHT, "THE
THING THAT ALWAYS MOVED ME
ABOUT HIM WAS THE CLARITY OF
HIS CONVICTION." HE WAS LUCKY
ENOUGH TO HAVE CROSSED PATHS
WITH JOHN LEWIS. WHAT KIND OF
IMPACT IT MADE ON CHAMPAIGN'S
COUNTY CLERK. TONIGHT A 20
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 4AM.
MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW
AROUND 68. SOUTHEAST WIND
AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING CALM IN
((PAUL)) HE MAY HAVE THE LAST
WORD ON WHETHER THERE
"NOW STORMTRACKER WEATHER."
TONIGHT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF