Kelly FINLEY

Such a fun way to kick off the morning…back on radio🎙️. Thank you CW Greer for inviting me on your show to talk all things: @WCIA3, March Madness, my #FAB5, USMC (#OOHRAH) and Central Illinois, on @wdws1400! Can’t wait to have you on my podcast: #TheNewKidOnTheBlock @NXSTMediaGroup

All men and women, especially Christians, are called to fix their gaze on those who suffer, on the pain of the lonely, and on those who are emarginated for various reasons, for without them we cannot build a just society. Only together can we build communities of solidarity capable of caring for everyone, in which wellbeing and peace can flourish for the benefit of all. Caring for the humanity of others helps us to live our own lives to the full.

#TheVotesAreIn So thankful and proud of our entire @WCIA3 evening team for our primary election coverage. And that includes: Our anchors Our executive producer Our producers Our reporters Our assignment editor Our operations manager Our production team Our engineers Our web team Our GM/VP Our HR Our weather team Our sports team And most of all, our viewers! Thank you🗳️

Go Yotes!! @acccathletics @ACCS_Education @1055wnsp @Mark_Heim @jaretbates @daltonorwig @TheTommyHicks @aldotcom @FOX10News @Gerhard_TV @KFinProductions @WigfieldJimmy

Kiki Shepard, the longtime co-host of “Showtime at the Apollo,” has died. She was 74 tmz.com/2026/03/16/kik…

LIVE: Severe Weather Coverage x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Illinois until 10 PM CDT

BREAKING: Two Iraqi security officials say a missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad. apnews.com/article/iran-i…

All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday, after their plane crashed in western Iraq. wcia.com/news/national/…

Live look above Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, MI. Stay with Local 4 News and ClickOnDetroit.com/?utm_source=tw… for more information.

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Police respond to a report of an active shooter at a synagogue in Michigan where smoke is billowing from the building.

Video my buddy sent me from Aroma Park after he came out of his shelter #ilwx

New tornado watch counties added until 2am.

Shear tracks from the tornado that moved through Kankakee county shows the tornado crossed I-57 near the 2nd curve to the north and intensified over Aroma Park, IL.

Monster #tornado south of Kankakee! #wxtwitter #ilwx

Tornado Warning including Pontiac IL, Odell IL and Cullom IL until 5:30 PM CDT

I share this graphic so you can possibly better understand how severe weather TV cut-ins work for parts of the state. This map shows the designated TV market area by county for the state of Illinois. I’ve labeled our fellow Nexstar stations who cover a large part of Illinois. We largely only go on for tornado warnings for the counties in green. This is the Champaign-Decatur-Springfield market. Even though McLean literally touches Champaign county, and is close enough in some areas that people could watch our signal via antenna, that is considered in the Peoria TV markets. I also show this so you can see how large of an area we cover. For example later tonight we may have to cut-in for a tornado warning for Iroquois county but 125 miles south in Effingham county, nothing is going on. I wish we could segment out our coverage to just specific areas but the technology isn’t there yet for TV signals. The people in Iroquois county rely on us to give them the updates just as Effingham county would if the setup was flipped. Again I just wanted to maybe explain a little of the “inside baseball” on how it all works. Hope that makes sense. Also if you don’t know what county you live in or where it is on the map, definitely study this graphic so you can see where you are.

Getting lots of questions about Tuesday. So let me answer a few of the most frequently asked ones.

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