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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Live updates: Operation Honor Guard 2025
UPDATE at 6:40 a.m. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — WCIA is almost an hour into the start of the annual Operation Honor Guard's Day of Giving event. Founder Rich Darby talks about the friendly faces you will see when you bring a donation to our backlot in Champaign and the other locations. When donations come in, all of the collection sites are manned by honor guards who will be among those benefiting from the community's contributions. Champaign American Legion Post 24 helps with the event every year, starting bright and early at 6 a.m. in WCIA 3's backlot. UPDATE at 6:20 a.m. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A couple of donations have already started rolling in at our backlot in Champaign. WCIA 3's Taylor Mitchell caught up with Founder Rich Darby to talk about the importance of Operation Honor Guard and how the community can contribute. CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Today marks WCIA 3's 12th year participating in Operation Honor Guard's Day of Giving — an event dedicated to supporting the veterans who continue to serve our country. Throughout the day, we will be providing updates on those being recognized and more. We will be collecting donations from the community at several locations in Central Illinois from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. To learn more or donate online, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Changed me for the better'; Urbana mayor retires after 8 years in office
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin stepped foot in the city more than 50 years ago. 16 of those years have been spent in city government. 'Being mayor was not on my to-do list, it didn't even occur to me to do that,' Marlin said. WATCH: WCIA 3's 2025 Remarkable Women Celebration The University of Illinois graduate came to Urbana for four years, but has stuck around long enough to find her husband, raise a family and explore professional endeavors. 'A lot of people will say 'Well, I lived here and there, but when I moved to Urbana, it felt like home,'' Marlin said. After tenures working at Parkland College and the U of I, her love for volunteer work landed her at city council. 'We have strong environmental ethics, we value people, we welcome newcomers, we welcome immigrants and we value our parks and our education system,' she said. 'That's the kind of thing that kept me here and keeps me going.' She was first elected mayor in 2017, and has been the so-called 'CEO of the city' ever since. 'When you hear that title in front of your name it's a wonderful feeling and it also hits you that you have a huge responsibility,' Marlin said. She's felt the weight of that responsibility through several city developments, and through the COVID-19 years. 'I think they're extremely important': Champaign Co. Clerk breaks down voter turnout in Consolidated Election 'Leading the city with our staff, our community partners during 2020 and 2021 will always remain one of our greatest accomplishments,' she said. 'When everything was shut down, we had to come to work and be there for our community.' Five years from then, she's celebrating progress in equity, accessibility and business development. '[I've] gotten a lot less sleep than I used to, but it's changed me for the better, it's given me hope, it assured me that yes people can make a difference in their community,' Marlin said. She's looking forward to watching her story repeat itself as more find themselves loving the city the way she does. 'I hope [Urbana] continues to thrive and grow, that students continue to come to the U of I and look around and say, 'This feels like home,'' she said. Marlin said she's looking forward to traveling and spending time with family in retirement. She said she will transition the incoming mayor for a few weeks before they're ready to take her spot in the city building. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
WX BLOG: Freezing Rain impacts Central Illinois
Winter Weather Center: Live Traffic Updates Weather Map Room: Live Current Conditions Snow Bear Closings and Delays GCMS Schools posted on Facebook the following message. 'Good morning,Due to the likelihood of inclement weather, the HOIC Music Festival Concert that was scheduled for this evening (2/5/25) has been cancelled. For those that purchased tickets, the conference is working on refunding your you,Mr. Bielfeldt School districts are beginning to dismiss school early west of Springfield, including in Jacksonville and Virginia. Watch the list of weather-related early dismissals as they come in here. LIST: School Closings and Delays We know of several area schools that already have pre-planned school dismissals today for teacher in-service and work days. Those schools that had it on the calendar and are already planning on dismissing early are not going to be included in our list. Check with your local district calendar if you have questions. First signs of a glaze of ice in NW Springfield this morning. Also have a report of a coating of ice in Chatham along I-55. Radar shows freezing drizzle and rain moving into the area. The next few hours, impacts will start to increase. Here's a forecast update from WCIA 3 News at 9a with Meteorologist Jacob Dickey IMPACTS BY TIMING: Here's a look at how impacts are anticipated across cities in our area. If your city isn't listed, find the cities nearest you and that's a similar forecast for you. Highest impacts occur where freezing rain lasts the longest north of I-74. Going to watch Decatur/Champaign/Danville for potentially higher impacts into the afternoon commute, pending where temperatures sit with that magic 32° number we need to get to end ice. Radar may not show the precipitation on a day like today as it starts because often drizzle is shallow and forms/falls below the radar beam! We know there is freezing drizzle from your reports in the morning as well as looking at some of our cameras in the area. Ice now showing up on some of the cameras from Jacksonville into Western Illinois. Slippery conditions are not far away. Remember, you can see the latest road conditions on the WCIA 3 Winter Weather Center and the WCIA 3 News and Weather Apps. You can find the latest forecast details updated on the WCIA 3 Weather Forecast on the Weather Now Article. Don't forget some of the safety things related to ice on roads. Be extra cautious on bridges, but even surface roads that are untreated can ice up quickly. Avoid using your brakes and turning if you can. You want to try and coast across the ice if you hit a slippery patch. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
