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Black History Month: Origins (PKG)
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- Black History Month: Origins (PKG)
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Black History Month: When did it start, and why? Those questions and others answered in this package by NEWS3's Chris Lovingood.
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- Macomb Roller Derby Team: The Bombshells
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Good Morning Macomb | Anchors Support #6thfan #WILL NCAA Voting Contest
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Nico Haeflinger and Mitch Winkelman show their support for the NCAA 6th Fan competition. Go Leathernecks!
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- An invisible killer in your basement: Radon
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- There could be a silent killer lurking in your basement, undetectable to all five senses. So what is this killer? Radon.
NEWS3 talked to environmental health director at the McDonough County Health Department Chris Adams.
"Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that occurs naturally in the soil. And it is harmful to humans because it causes lung cancer."
Macomb resident Phil Weiss let us test his basement for the deadly gas. We asked him if he has ever had his home tested for radon.
"The house, I don't believe was tested. It may have before we purchased it, but to my knowledge, it's never been tested."
Testing a home for radon is a very simple and inexpensive process.
We picked up this kit for six dollars at the McDonough County Health Department.
First, we unpackaged the kit, which contained a sponge, the testing envelope and instructions.
You will need to find an area in the home where the airflow is unobstructed and...
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- NEWS3 Live at Four on 2/11/14
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- 31:42
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3 Live at Four on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014.
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- WIU Budget Meeting: Part 3
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The last part in the three part series detailing the specifics of the WIU budget meeting. What was discussed? News3's Chris Lovingood has the story.
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- BUDGET2 PART2
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- WIU Upcoming January Budget Meeting - Part 1 (PKG)
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- (PART I) NEWS3's Chris Lovingood provides a little detail on what to expect at the upcoming budget meeting at the school. WIU's Financial Situation is scheduled to be discussed on Thursday, January 23rd.
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- Grand Entrance Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3's Jay Jacob attends the December Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the campus's new Grand Entrance sign. WIU Faculty and Illinois Officials comment on the latest addition to WIU.
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- Two Weeks Later: Illinois Tornado Follow Up
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- 3:06
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A follow up two weeks later after a tornado tore across 15 counties in Illinois and destroyed thousands of homes. Locals give their aftermath comments. NEWS3's Chris Lovingood has the story.
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- Two Weeks Later: Tornado Followup - PROMO
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A promotion for the follow up to NEWS3's coverage on the tornado that destroyed thousands of homes.
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- Two Weeks Later: Tornado Followup - PROMO2
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A promotion for the follow up to NEWS3's coverage on the tornado that destroyed thousands of homes.
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- NEWS3 NEWSCAST: NOV_19_ 2013 - NBS SNIPPET
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- 0:22
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Newscast submission from Western Illinois University for category #205
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- OPS Officers Grow Mustaches for "Movember" - PKG
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3's Pierce Roberson spoke with several officers of the Western Illinois University Office of Public Safety, who are growing out their mustaches in their first No Shave November, which aims to raise awareness about men's health issues, such as prostate and testicular cancer.
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- Day After: Tornado Tears Through Washington, IL - PKG
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3's Chris Lovingood was among those who were in Washington, IL one day after a tornado destroyed parts of the city.
A total of 7 counties were declared state disaster areas by Governor Pat Quinn.
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- WIU Fashion Students Work with Local Business - PKG
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Students in WIU's fashion department worked with Nostalgia on the downtown square as part of a class project.
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- Fallen Soldier 5K at WIU (2013)
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3's Chris Lovingood ran in the 2013 Fallen Soldier 5K along with News Director Jasmine Garcia. He recounts the day along with providing a little information about the 5K.
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- Moon Over Macomb
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3's Chris Lovingood goes out on Macomb's Square and takes part in the Moon Over Macomb activities.
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- NEWS3 | LIVE at 4 | Vishnu Springs Open House
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Have YOU heard of the hidden gem of Vishnu Springs? NEWS3's Mario Calero attended a recent open house.
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- NEWS3 | LIVE at 4 | Macomb Public Library's "Campaign for the Future"
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3 Sept. 12th, 2013
- Runtime
- 31:26
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3 Sept. 26th, 2013
- Runtime
- 30:06
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3 Sept. 19th, 2013
- Runtime
- 32:17
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3 WIU | USPS's 3 Cent Rate Hike: How does it affect WIU?
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3's Mario Calero reports on the Post Office's reasoning for the rate hike and breaks down the numbers on how it affects WIU's finances.
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- NEWS3: Sexual Assault
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- On September 15th in the early morning while walking alone, a Western Illinois University student was sexually assaulted on campus. NEWS3's Chris Lovingood gives viewers some tips on what to do while out walking late.
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- NEWS3 | WIU'S Very Own "Big Pink Volleyball" Tips off for Breast Cancer Research
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The celebrated fundraiser is mere steps away from surpassing the all-time donation mark of $100,000, find out how you can help. NEWS3's Mario Calero reports.
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- Fall 2013 News Open Thursday
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Fall 2013 News Open Tuesday
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Macomb Balloon Rally Interview
- Runtime
- 4:45
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- For BC 200
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- Interview with Balloonmeister Bob Corey
- Runtime
- 6:33
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- For BC 200
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- NEWS3 WIU | Macomb's popular Park N' Cruise drives off into the sunset
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The last Park N' Cruise of the year was held Friday, September 6th. Here's a quick recap.
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- NEWS3 WIU | Balloon causes Power Outage (9/7/2013)
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Early this morning, a balloon practicing for tonight's balloon rally became caught in the power lines off of Jackson and Ward street in Macomb.
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- Treading Skies: A Balloon Trip Montage
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- NEWS3's Chris Lovingood took a trip in the Ca-Zoo-ee balloon a day before the 2013 Macomb Balloon Rally. Through a mixture of handheld and GoPro cameras, he compiled this video to share his first time flying.
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- Glenwood Pool in Macomb
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Summertime and warm weather are the perfect combination for the pool.
Steve Horrell, Manager at Glenwood Pool:
"I mean, it's just the perfect place for kids to come."
Glenwood pool is the only public pool in Macomb. They offer a diving well with a low dive and a high dive, plenty of pool space for families to enjoy the water. They are also very thorough when it comes to safety precautions.
Our guards are Red Cross Certified Life Guards. We have a minimum of 3 on at a time. One is always in the diving well. If you go off the diving board, you have to pass a swim test. We have a young crew of lifeguards but they do a good job for us.
There are a few other things to keep in mind outside of the water.
No running on the deck. Sunscreen- we have sunscreen here for people who don't bring it. There's a little bit of shade. We also have an adult swim every hour just to get the kids out of the pool and give them a rest.
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- NEWS3 newscast on 4-25-2013
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- 32:05
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Book Buyback: Where Can Students Sell Their Books Around Campus?
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Book buybacks frustrate college students
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- A sign in the University Union advertising the bookstore's end-of-semester book buyback program says "Cash for books: milk it for all it's worth." But just how much exactly are students getting back in return for their used textbooks?
"If I buy a $200 book, I don't want to get $15 dollars back or $30 dollars back," said sophomore Jeremy McCool. "That's just a complete scam."
Students typically pay hundreds of dollars a semester for their textbooks. However, when it comes time to sell those textbooks, they are only offered a fraction of what they paid. Meanwhile, those establishments who are paying for your books -- the University Union bookstore as well as other bookstores, along with online textbook sites and Amazon -- sometimes resell these textbooks for close to the amount that a student originally paid.
"I really think it's unfair for the simple fact that we pay hundreds of dollars for these books that these teachers say we need... and only re...
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- WIU's Counseling Center Offers Help for Stressed Students
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- With finals right around the corner, students need to remember not to overwork themselves.
"Well there a lot of factors that contribute to a student's stress level, and again when you're using the term depression, you could be talking about their stress. So this time of the year, finals week students having to go home, maybe trying to arrange new living situations for the following year, trying to find employment," says Jim DiTulio, Director of University Counseling Center.
College can be very stressful. That's why it's important for Western Illinois students to know that there's always a place they can go when they're feeling stressed out.
"University Counseling Center are here for students. We only serve students. Our services are free, they're confidential, so there's no fees involved." says DiTulio. "A student who wants to speak with one of our staff members, all they need to do is call 298-2453. Call the Counseling Center say I'd like to speak with ...
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- Students, Staff Say Farewell to Higgins Hall
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- After 46 years, Higgins Hall will officially close its doors on May 12th. In 2008, it was decided that it was too expensive to meet the necessary updates, so the residence hall would be decommissioned instead.
"It just wouldn't have been a good use of student funds," said Joe Nixon, Higgins Hall Complex Director. "So with that money we've been able to do some other projects like the Corbin Olson project, and updating the Linc/Wash/Grote bathrooms, and some of those things."
Future plans are scheduled to take place in the next couple years.
"Plans pretty much come down to finances and logistics," said Nixon. "So as soon as we have enough money we're going to decommission it, similar to what happened with Wetzel. So we're not sure if it's going to be an implosion or a mechanical teardown."
As a final celebration for the building, Hall Government will be hosting Higgins Blowout Bash this Friday to commemorate all the students it has hou...
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- "Hardcore Pawn" Star Visits Macomb
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Hundreds of people from all over the country came to see Hardcore Pawn TV star Seth Gold.
"We've had them from the local to the areas of Galesburg and Canton and Quincy and you know the farthest one away, that I personally know of, we had someone drive in from Kansas City," says Pawn Plus owner Bob McCullough.
The community came in to see Seth in support of Macomb High Schools Senior class "Project Graduation".
"The night of graduation we're going to go to Scotty's Fun Spot, and we're going to hang out there," says MHS senior Trebor Mann.
The seniors worked together with Pawn Plus owner Bob McCullough to have Seth help with their project. Bob said that Gold quickly agreed to come into his shop.
"I've known Seth for a long time. He's a pawnbroker first so we knew that. So when it came time to do this, I just basically sent him a quick e-mail about it. He gave me a call, and we set the stuff up," says McCullough.
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- 911 Call Released: Macomb Hostage Hoax Incident, March 6, 2013
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- 911 Call - Macomb Hostage Hoax Incident, March 6, 2013
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- Wailand Reacts to Judge's Ruling
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- 6:04
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Students Still Facing Effects of Flood
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Rain, rain, and more rain... that's what we saw last Wednesday night. And some discovered it wasn't only outside.
"My roommate was here and she called me and she was like 'Oh, there's water in our basement' and when she first discovered it there was probably like three inches," says Sarah Farmer, resident of 318 N. Sherman.
"When I came home the water was about this high on the steps and that was about at 11 pm," said her roommate. "And then by 7 in the morning when my roommate's mother got here to put the subpump in, it was at about the third step, right here."
Luckily no one was living in the basement and the only things ruined were some household items.
"Well the washer works now, but we don't know about the dryer," said Farmer. "The stove, the fridge are probably gone. All the carpet is probably really nasty."
The girls pumped all the water out of the basement on their own, because owners had over 25 houses with the ...
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- NEWS3 newscast on 4-23-2013
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- 29:56
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Top Stories: Macomb flooding update, Illinois River cresting over and WIU Soccer shelter fire.
News anchors: Jack Pluta and Adam Yingst
Weather: Scott Beckerman
Sports: Nico Haeflinger
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- NEWS3 newscast on 4-16-2013
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- 30:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Top Stories: Boston Marathon bombing, new radio tower in Macomb and Western Courier makes top 100 college newspapers
News anchors: Jack Pluta and Adam Yingst
Weather: Scott Beckerman
Sports: Gabriel McDonagh
Executive Producer: Dan Firnbach
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- Press Conference with Mayor Mike Inman about Water Conservation
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- 7:41
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Macomb offers Pickup of Flood Damaged Items
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Last week, Macomb received unprecedented rainfall causing nearly 100 or more homes to be damaged by the flood. Last night, the city council agreed on a deal with Waste Management to pickup these items with no limit to the amount.
"All that we would ask is that the storm material and the conventional material, be presented, be contained in a bag or a can of less than 33 gallons or less than 50 pounds in weight," said Dave Schabe, Waste Management Municipal Marketing Manager. "The big culprit here will be carpeting and carpet padding. As the contract already calls for, we'd like to see that cut in 2 foot rolls and rolls that are no longer than an approximated weight of 50 pounds."
Items that can not be cut down, such as furniture and bedding will also be picked up.
"That would all be included. If you can get it to the curb, the bulky items don't have to be knocked down to a container size or bagged, we understand that. As long as it can be handled b...
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- How to celebrate 'Talk Like Shakespeare' Day with Dana Fulton
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Everyone is concerned about the rising flood water, but News 3's Dana Fulton has a little something to celebrate this afternoon.
Dana Fulton
"Thanks guys. So today is National Talk Like Shakespeare Day, and I'm over here in the Union to hear what Western Illinois University students think a Shakespeare accent might sound like."
Various Students in the Union...
"To be, or not to be. That is the question."
"How art thou?"
"Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo?"
"Hear thee hear thee."
Dana Fulton
"It seems like Western students need a little help figuring out their Shakespeare accents. Luckily, I have a few tips to help you guys out."
-When in doubt, add 'eth' to the end of verbs. He runneth, he trippeth, and he falleth.
-Instead of you, try 'thou' or 'thee' and instead of 'ya'll' say 'ye'
-Instead of cursing, try being a little creative. Like calling someone a 'canker-blossom' or a 'pois...
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- Library Close to their $794,025 Goal
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Readers from all over the community gathered at the Friends of the Macomb Public Library's moving "sale" to add to their collection of books. The district cleared out the libraries storage unit, and accepted donations to give to the libraries Campaign for the Future.
"No Prices, free will donation, and some people have been very generous. They've given us some big dollars and said, 'Here this is for the campaign'," says Becky Parker.
The libraries original structure was built in 1908. Since then, a children's library section has been added on, but it is time for the building to expand once again.
"The state said you really need a new library, and everybody agrees so we're all pulling together for that effort," says Parker.
The library will be receiving nearly 2.4 million dollars from the state of Illinois. The only catch, they have to raise around $800,000 by themselves before June 30th.
"I think that they feel very co...
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- Prestige Communications Could Soon Be Moving
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Prestige Communications may soon be moving to the west side of town. At Monday's Committee of the Whole meeting, discussion was raised about allowing a 50-foot radio tower to be built at the new location.
"That particular area, other than north of there, it's very commercial," said Ed Basch, Community Development Coordinator.
The Planning Commission unanimously approved the request and after no complaints by neighbors were heard, the city council will now vote to approve the request for 1034 West Jackson Street.
"It really is a much better location for the set-up and I think it will probably work oy=ut very well," said Dave Dorsett, 5th Ward Alderman.
Paperwork and plans are already underway and the location has been inspected for any interferences.
"We have a study that has already been commissioned with one of the regional engineers who does the band spectrum studies the Federal Communications Commission," said Bob Sing...
