Mitchell Rife

Marquette

Anchor/Reporter at WCIA-TV (Champaign, IL)

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UPDATE: Missing DeWitt Co. man found alive

6 days ago | wcia.com | Heather Robinson |Bradley Zimmerman |Mitchell Rife

Update at 10:40 a.m.Sheriff Walker told WCIA that David Kunze is alive and is en route to an area hospital. Speaking with a reporter, Walker explained that Kunze’s family reported him missing to the Dewitt County Sheriff’s Office around 12:30 a.m. He had been missing for approximately four hours by that point. “Their son went out for a walk at about 8:30 last evening and had not returned,” Walker said.
Community Spotlight: It Takes a Village Mentorship event

1 week ago | wcia.com | Ethan Holesha |Mitchell Rife

DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — It Takes a Village Mentorship Director Lestan Hoskins joined WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to talk about their upcoming event. This group mentors students at local middle schools by talking to them about social-emotional learning and making good decisions. They also help the teachers at these schools by offering a source of support. Hoskins said this program has been running for four years.
Community Spotlight: Family Life Center 5K Run/Walk

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mitchell Rife

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Linda Spindler of the Family Life Center joined WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to discuss their race later this month. Community Spotlight: Champaign County Forest Preserve presents Civil War Stories The event is on Saturday, April 26 at Dacey Trail in Forest Park. Anyone interested in participating can sign up using the QR code below. More information about the Family Life Center can be found on its website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
Community Spotlight: Illini Service Dogs

4 weeks ago | wcia.com | Ethan Holesha |Mitchell Rife

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Kayla Goldstein, Margo Tschetter and a service dog from Illini Service Dogs joined WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to talk about their program. This the 15th year that the nonprofit has been running. Illini Service Dogs is volunteer run, and it doubles as a club at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. All of their on-campus trainers are students, and adults typically help out with the nonprofit side of things.
Champaign intersection reopens after 3-car crash

4 weeks ago | wcia.com | Bradley Zimmerman |Mitchell Rife

Posted: Mar 26, 2025 / 09:36 AM CDT Updated: Mar 26, 2025 / 11:00 AM CDT SHARE Update at 11 a.m.The Champaign Police Department told WCIA that there are “no major injuries” as a result of this crash. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A Champaign intersection is back open after three cars collided there Wednesday morning.
Laying down the ground work | Meet the Mayor: Bill Ingold

1 month ago | wcia.com | Mitchell Rife

PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) – Mayor Bill Ingold sits down with Mitchell Rife to discuss the newest developments within the City of Paxton. “I learned that the previous mayor was here as mayor for 28 years — Jim Kingston — and I really kind of watched and studied how he did things and kind of took that to heart and tried to emulate him on some different things,” Ingold said. There are a few things on the to-do list for the Paxton community and that includes utilizing the Rebuild Illinois fund.
Importance of Community Engagment | Meet the Mayor: Bill Wear

1 month ago | wcia.com | Mitchell Rife

TILTON, Ill. (WCIA) – Mayor Bill Wear sat down with Mitchell Rife to talk about the importance of community engagement and development in the Village of Tilton. “We have a lot of infrastructure that we have to do,” Wear said. “Longview Bank has partnered with us to make it affordable for us to do all this infrastructure to bring the car lots here.
UPDATE: Coroner identifies victim of fatal crash on I-74

1 month ago | wcia.com | Heather Robinson |Mitchell Rife |Bradley Zimmerman

Update at 4:03 p.m.The Champaign County Coroner has identified a man from Indiana as the person who was killed in a crash on Interstate 74 in Vermilion County Tuesday morning. Laurie Brauer said the man was 35-year-old Isaiah Edmond. After being extracted from the wreckage of his car near Fithian, Edmond was taken to Carle Hospital in Urbana. He was pronounced dead there at 5:27 a.m.An autopsy is scheduled for later this week, Brauer added.
Tolono house fire reignites Friday morning

1 month ago | wcia.com | Bradley Zimmerman |Mitchell Rife

TOLONO, Ill. (WCIA) — Crews are on the scene of a house fire in Tolono that happened inside a house that also caught fire yesterday. The house is located on County Road 1350 East. Duncan Hughes, the son of the homeowner, estimated that the home caught fire around 4:30 a.m. and it was fully engulfed when a WCIA reporter arrived on the scene. Firefighters from Tolono, Homer, Sidney, Broadlands, St. Joseph, Pesotum and Sadorus were there to put out the new fire.
Community Spotlight: Moccasin Creek Festival

1 month ago | wcia.com | Mitchell Rife

Posted: Mar 10, 2025 / 12:58 PM CDT Updated: Mar 10, 2025 / 12:58 PM CDT SHARE CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Bill ‘Poss’ Passalacqua joins WCIA’s Mitchell Rife for today’s Community Spotlight to talk about the annual Moccasin Creek Festival in Effingham.