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• ABC 15 TOP STORIES VIDEO
Champaign-- With the worst of this expected to hit overnight we found drivers getting ready for the mess.
Out on the roads we've already seen some salt trucks on I-74.
No problems yet as far as accidents.
But we are expecting that to change rather quickly during the overnight.
At a local gas station drivers were topping off, even clearing their wind shields of flakes.
We caught up with Calvin Hunter who was putting Deicer in his car.
Just the thought of snow is stressing out the Eastern Illinois student.
"I'm not looking forward to it. I gotta drive down to Charleston in the morning and... Ugh.... I'll make it, " said Calvin.
"I've been stocking up on groceries at home and filling up the car," said Brandon Burton of Monticello.
"I got the day off and that is a good thing."
Speaking of the day off I think a bunch of kids are crossing their fingers.
Just a reminder, ABC Newschannel 15 is the place to be tomorrow morning to see your cancellations.
We are expecting several inches by the time this is all said and done. So if you don't have to leave the house stay home and have a snow day.
--Reported By Ben HandelmanSnow Is HERE, Drivers Prepare
Out on the roads we've already seen some salt trucks on I-74.
No problems yet as far as accidents.
But we are expecting that to change rather quickly during the overnight.
At a local gas station drivers were topping off, even clearing their wind shields of flakes.
We caught up with Calvin Hunter who was putting Deicer in his car.
Just the thought of snow is stressing out the Eastern Illinois student.
"I'm not looking forward to it. I gotta drive down to Charleston in the morning and... Ugh.... I'll make it, " said Calvin.
"I've been stocking up on groceries at home and filling up the car," said Brandon Burton of Monticello.
"I got the day off and that is a good thing."
Speaking of the day off I think a bunch of kids are crossing their fingers.
Just a reminder, ABC Newschannel 15 is the place to be tomorrow morning to see your cancellations.
We are expecting several inches by the time this is all said and done. So if you don't have to leave the house stay home and have a snow day.
--Reported By Ben HandelmanSnow Is HERE, Drivers Prepare
• ABC 15 LOCAL NEWS
ACORN branches rename, rebrand after video scandal
March 15, 2010 05:31 EDT
CHICAGO (AP) -- Some ACORN affiliates are ditching the tarnished name of their parent organization and hoping to regain funding that ran dry after a video scandal.
The videos showed ACORN workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.
ACORN, or the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, already had faced accusations of mismanagement and voter registration fraud.
One of the latest groups to adopt a new name is Chicago-based ACORN Housing. It's now the Affordable Housing Centers of America. California ACORN is now Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and New York ACORN has become New York Communities for Change.
Critics contend the groups really haven't started anew because most are keeping the same offices and staff.
• VIDEO LIST
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• BUSINESS NEWS
Stocks on positive run
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks made a positive showing last week on Wall Street.
• CONSUMER INFO
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• SCIENCE/TECH NEWS
IN THE NEWS: INTERNET FRAUD ON THE RISE
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Guess it makes sense, in a way.
• GET THIS
LIVE NUDE ART
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rubbing shoulders with naked strangers -- in the name of art.
