a tornado touches down and southern illinois ... killing several people in one small town. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the internet ... the twister devastated the town of harrisburg it hit a wal-mart and several smaller businesses before leveling an apartment complex as many as 10 people have been reported dead and that death toll could rise >>the death toll area is an area where the local hospital is located an immediate lead there

is reported to have been difficulty accessing the hospital but now they're in full operation ... they took snow ploughs to clear the way governor quinn is on his way to harrisburg to get a firsthand look at the damage he has also directed the state's emergency management agency to activate its emergency operations center to help those affected by the severe weather. >>chicago police are searching for the driver of a van that hit and killed teenage girl. allie at tompkins was struck at 80th and ashland last night nancy loo spoke with her friends mourning her death she was visiting her grandmother ...

people who knew her cannot believe that ceviche is gone >>she's real cool >>a good person very sweet if he needed help she would noise help you she was fun to be around >>the garden house cool the thornton high-school student was visiting her grandmother crossing the street when hit by a light colored bandvan she was rushed to hospital where she died ... many are dismayed that someone would drive off after hitting a teenage girl >>you should get enough respect ... you should care that they're ok and not dead or severely injured you should care you

shouldn't just drive off it's wrong >>police are checking nearby surveillance cameras along ashland to seize any captured images of that driver or the van is visible on this deadly hit and run >>communities on the south side of chicago are on high alert after two sexual assaults in that area last week. the guardian angels were patrolling midline stations today passing out fliers notifying people of these attacks. police released a surveillance photographs of one of the suspects, known as the red line rapist who assaulted a woman at knifepoint on a red line train friday morning we also have a police sketch of a man suspected of assaulting a 13 year-old girl on a west englewood.neighborhood cta riders are urged to use extra caution and never bored an empty train car >>and investigators said a north

suburban school district did not hide the truth about the principles sext-ing scandal. john steinert resigned as principal of deer path middle school back in november. his resignation came after the chicago tribune reported that he pleaded guilty to years earlier to using a school telephone to since actual damages to a 22 year-old intern lake forest district 67 hired a former federal prosecutor to investigate whether not school procedures and investigating him were followed the investigator found that the district lacked the policies needed to address that situation. >>some of the most prominent teachers at the university of illinois want their president fired. 130 university of illinois faculty members have signed a letter calling for the removal of michael hogan he was hired less than two years ago to help the university get past and in mission scandal. but he has

fought with faculty over student and rahman strategies and some critics say as american leadership style university board chairman christopher kennedy said the trustees still support michael hogan. tonya francisco has engineers to activists about the shutdown of a coal-fired plant ... >>8 greenpeace ta activists once climbed smokestacks here and now activists get their wish the plant will be shutting down as well as others around the metropolitan area ... according to reports in the chicago sun- times mayor rahm emanuel put

pressure on the company and reached agreement activists had been working on this for years >>we held our elected officials accountable and this will change things for the better >>news of this agreement the gets sooner than anyone expected we received a statement from midwest generation saying that no announcement has yet been made officially ... the tribune and the sun-times both reports that they had seen the agreement ... the activists are planning a celebration and press conference tomorrow there will celebrate on behalf of the community

>>mitt romney has reason to celebrate today he claimed a double victory in yesterday's primaries in spite of a strong challenge from rick santorum greg black takes look at what this means for the republican race going forward >>mitt romney pulled off a one- two punch in the republican race for president claiming victory last night thank-you arizona a great victory tonight ... and thank-you mission again what a victory ... >>and loss for romney in michigan would of been an embarrassment he had been facing a tough challenge from his conservative rival rick santorum >>we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that's what counts >>rick santorum hope to pull off a defeat on his home turf ... >>we came into the backyard of one of my opponents in a race

that everyone said that i had no chance and the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates and all i have to say as i love you back. >>mitt romney will have added momentum going into super tuesday next week in 10 states will vote with more than 400 delegates at stake ... as it stands now mitt romney is ahead of the competition in overall delegate count >>we asked paul lisnek where mitt romney is focused >>he plans on being the nominee ... his speeches are somewhat stilted he keeps talking about the death tax and the only people who care about this are the rich ... he's still out of touch with some of the working

class ... ron paul is still winless in republican primaries and caucuses but he is pressing ahead with his campaign at a rally in virginia he said that he still picking up delegates and that's what matters he is proud of the strong support he continues to receive a special from the young people ron paul annette rod marinelli canada's on the ballot in virginia one of 10 states hold presidential contests on super tuesday newt gingrich's penning his presidential hopes on winning the primary in his home state of georgia and showing strength in tennessee oklahoma and other super tuesday states he will hold meetings today with his key supporters giving the governor of georgia peosta plans to speak to the georgia house of representatives and of state house news conferences with his

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aggravated murder charges from a deadly high-school shooting spree in ohio. authorities say that 17 year-old t.j. lane admitted to walking into chardon high-school monday firing 10 rounds randomly its students three teenagers were killed two others were injured prosecutors said they plan to try him as an adult teacher elaine told police he stole the gun used in the shooting from his uncle and police say they still don't know the motive for that shooting passengers on the stricken cruise ship cost of allegra probably won't reach land until of these tomorrow that ship was one week into a month-long cruise on the indian ocean the red sea and mediterranean when an engine room fire left that vessel without power lights or air-conditioning is being towed to safety by a french fishing trawler if italian marines armed with submachine guns are a board to defend the ship against any

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i'm beejal patel with bloomberg news live from the cme group in chicago with today's business headlines ... apple is literally at top the world half a trillion dollar valuation makes it a new all-time high for share prices ... it is expected to unveil the new i-pad 3 and the new i-phone launched in the fall ... and a new low for james murdoch who is stepping down from his chairmanship at news international he is still going to be working in the new york headquarters of news corp. ...

it will be costing you more money to have a checking account a new study says that consumers are paying 21% more in fees for basic checking that's $7.72 per month more than what they are typically accustomed to ... 30 many regulations for banks that make any discounts on these fees prohibitive ... ben bernanke is keeping stimulus effort in place ... the employment rate is still too ominous markets are in the red today after the fed the chair comments gross domestic product shows the economy growing 3% better than expected ... and income gains

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this tornado was absolutely devastating there's just no warning we had been reading that someone woke up and everything was gone around him ... >>it's so critical to get those weather radios we will be teaming up with walgreen's to distribute more of those because these pre-dawn tornadoes are really frightening and very devastating ... >>it was a tragic day downstate the same storm affecting our area has now given way to sunshine producing high wind ... we're looking north on lake shore drive ... there is some

dry air out there ... looking at harvard this note is melting. we have rainshowers on the way ... that big storm through the planes into the upper midwest brought lots of snow and across our metro area we have big rain storms ... kenosha had nearly an inch and a half of grain that much in highland park is now in the '50s heading down in the temperatures ... we it's

61 degrees at midway and the lakefront unseasonably mild the first 60 degree temperatures we have seen since november. but the clouds are representing the colder air coming and let's take a look at that squall line through southern illinois its ploughing across kentucky at the moment it generate thunderstorms over chicago and a snowstorm to the north ... wind advisories continual until 6:00 tonight with tornado watches in effect ... we have a few counties under watch ... lots of winter warnings to the west as the next storm sets up that will bring more rain to our area friday.

the the next storm will develop another area with severe weather risk reaching into southern illinois once again that will come friday night ... all through the unseasonably warm air and the colder sweeping behind it ... we're looking at regional temperatures: the humidity is 44% to point is at 36. meteorological spring begins tomorrow with a fast warming month of march

here is where the rain is now: watching the squall line going through harrisburg illinois strong when producers ... moving east into kentucky ... the three-dimensional radar shows a vertical building on these storms 40,000 ft. into the atmosphere. looking at the late afternoon weather in chicago we have rainshowers for tonight it will still be snowing vigorously in the upper midwest some areas up there have had 18 in. of snow ...

tornadoes on one side and big snow on the other ... snow showers will take hold by evening after the rain. we will see a gusting southwesterly wind green temperatures down to the low 30's. another half-inch of rain could be on the way ...

winter is leaving with a bang and the midwest. the wind will be custom this afternoon we have a wind advisory 3:06 p.m. 50 mi. per hour at times tonight we will look for cloudy and windy weather with rain and snow showers the low will be 35 degrees tomorrow partly sunny with lingering early flurries the gusty wind will ease the high will be 51 degrees more rain coming friday with the high 48 degrees ...

>>is this early for tornadoes tom? >>we are running a couple of weeks ahead of time we saw something happen in the gulf coast area as well a little bit earlier ... there are spillover effects to these family outbreaks of tornadoes >>it is time for today's trivia question: who created leap [ female announcer ] feeling that flu all over your body? immerse yourself in all over relief with alka seltzer plus. it's specially formulated to speed relief to every inch of you. liquidate your flu symptoms with alka seltzer plus.

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derrick rose mrs. but joakim noah tis the score with the goal still tied with the 30 seconds left and this time derrick rose made the jump shot he scored a game-high 32 points the bulls closed the game on an 8-0 run to win 99-95 they will visit san antonio tonight. the white sox held the first full squad workout in arizona capt. paul konerko reported to camp and suggested that the white sox may have lost some games late last year due to distractions he also said that he would like to win another world series but he still has a reasonable expectations for his team. >>capt. jonathan toews will miss his fifth straight game when the hawks visit toronto tonight.

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>>we are enjoying milder weather now in chicago in spite of the tragic tornado to hit downstate ... >>at the moment we have sunshine we are watching the clouds roll and ... we did hit 61 degrees at the lakefront earlier ... this is the first time we have reached 60 degrees in the city since mid november it's the warmest day thus far this year. it remains cold to the north ... we expect gusts of up to 50 mi. per hour by the late afternoon. we're looking at heavy to severe thunderstorms this evening ...

we may also see some snow showers later tonight. we have wind advisories posted for up to 6:00 p.m.. and another rainstorm will arrive on friday. all of this rain from tonight will be fading tomorrow ... but wind will pick up again friday 30 mi. per hour bringing and not some more rain ...

these thunderstorms are really enhancing the severe weather. storm setting up out west and that could usher in some warm weather for our area back into the '60s and early next week ... we thank you so much for joining us ... we hope you have a great afternoon. it remember we will be back here at 5 and again