Calling off Classes Early
Reported By: Christina Wall / WCIA3 News
Monday, February 12, 2007 @ 6:14 PM
Hundreds of kids are getting a day off school because of the winter weather warnings. Champaign, Urbana and Uni HIgh were among the districts that...
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Ameren's Phase-In Plan
Monday, February 12, 2007 @ 5:34 PM
Ameren's Phase-in Plan to soften the blow of the recent hike may not be best for everyone.
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Futuregen Update
Monday, February 12, 2007 @ 5:19 PM
Theres another positive sign for the two local cities hoping to land a billion dollar coal plant.
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Stocking up Before the Storm
Reported By: Christina Wall / WCIA3 News
Monday, February 12, 2007 @ 4:58 PM
Shoppers get a head start before the winter weather sets in. Many are gasing up and stocking up in the calm before the storm.
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Winter Weather Preps
Reported By: Christina Wall / WCIA3 News
Monday, February 12, 2007 @ 4:50 PM
The winter weather warnings could mean a lot of clearing and plowing for public works departments.
Street supervisors in Champaign...
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The Budget Inn, on Route 45 in Mattoon, is now closed because of the damage. Rakesh Patel sifted through debris at the motel he owns. The Budget Inn was also home for Patel. He lived there along with his mother, wife and two young girls. But yesterday, a fire that started in the storage room kicked them out. "In my entire life, I haven't seen that," Patel recalls. When he smelled the smoke, he began trying to fight the fire himself. He went through two fire extinguishers. But Mattoon fire chief Mike Chism says, "that fire had gotten such a good start on him that the fire extinguishers at that point didn't do any good." Firefighters were able to keep the fire in one corner of the motel. Patel's room was untouched by the flames, but everything he had in storage is gone. "It's like ruined my life kinda stuff, I just put everything i had in here. I don't have any words for it. It's bad." Firefighters say the fire was an accident, but they're still investigating how it started. Everyone made it out of the motel safely. 