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1 week ago | 
wcia.com | StormSolymallshop Now |Heather Robinson
Posted: Jun 16, 2025 / 09:02 AM CDT Updated: Jun 16, 2025 / 09:10 AM CDT SHARE DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A 12-year-old boy was fatally struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Decatur Sunday evening.
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3 weeks ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson |Taylor Mitchell
GIBSON CITY, Ill. (WCIA) — Former Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley School District employee Robert Dinkins was arrested in Georgia for six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse on Thursday. The arrest comes after a months-long investigation stemming from a claim that Dinkins, an 8th grade teacher and coach, sent inappropriate text messages to students.
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3 weeks ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A Danville man was arrested overnight after he was accused of shooting toward two people. Just after midnight, officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of E. Fairchild St. for the report of an armed person, the Danville Police Department said in a release Tuesday morning. Dispatch informed the officers that a man fired a shot toward the caller. When officers arrived, they talked with two victims who described the man and said he fired a handgun toward them.
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3 weeks ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson
SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — More than 100 drivers in Sangamon and Adams Counties were cited by Illinois State Police this May for various offenses including driving under the influence. Throughout the month, ISP conducted alcohol countermeasure enforcement patrols to crack down on impaired driving and illegal drug and alcohol transportation and use.
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1 month ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson
UPDATE at 3:16 p.m.OREANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The Macon County Sheriff’s Office released more details regarding the drowning death of three-year old Kaseyn Clifton of Decatur. Just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, sheriff’s deputies and Argenta-Oreana Fire officials responded to 115 E. Burgess Street in Oreana after they received reports of a drowning. The person who called said that they found their little brother, later identified as Clifton, in their pool not breathing.
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1 month ago | 
wcia.com | JoNel Aleccia |Heather Robinson
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 550 illnesses last year. Illinois is among the states where people have reported sickness from the outbreak. Cucumbers grown by Florida-based Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales have been linked to illnesses in at least 26 people in 15 states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported late Monday.
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1 month ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson |Mitchell Rife |Bradley Zimmerman
RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Officials are investigating after a body was found in Rantoul’s Heritage Lake Thursday morning. Rantoul Police confirmed with WCIA that a kayaker came across a man’s body around 6 a.m. The Rantoul Police and Fire Departments both responded, along with a dive team from the Cornbelt Fire Protection District. Most emergency personnel cleared the scene at 7:30 a.m. but some people were still at the lake just after 9 a.m. to look for clues.
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1 month ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson
UPDATE at 9:15 a.m.CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — WCIA 3’s Taylor Mitchell shows how easy it is to donate at our backlot in Champaign. If you aren’t able to make it here or to one of our other locations, you can also donate online. UPDATE at 9 a.m.CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Donations are now totaling more than $9,000 as we begin the 9 a.m. hour of Operation Honor Guard’s Day of Giving. Founder Rich Darby discussed the mission of the organization and how you can donate.
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1 month ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson
Posted: May 12, 2025 / 12:16 PM CDT Updated: May 12, 2025 / 12:30 PM CDT SHARE UPDATE at 12:25 p.m.RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Vin has been found safe, Rantoul Police announced Monday afternoon. Police thanked the public for their help in locating him and added that he has returned home. RANTOUL, Ill.
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1 month ago | 
wcia.com | Heather Robinson |Cole Henke
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — During Kristi Noem’s visit to Springfield on Wednesday, she spoke in front of the former residence of Emma Shafer. Shafer, 24, was found stabbed to death in her apartment in 2023. Her ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Calixto-Pichardo, is accused of killing her. Police are still looking for him. Shafer’s death rocked the city. She was a pillar of the activist community, and had organized for several different causes, including immigrant rights.
