there may be a break in the case of the hit and run accident that killed in indian a correctional officer. investigators said that they have someone in custody ... good afternoon i'm steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers are watching a ceramic country on wgn america and on the web. >>tonya francisco continues to follow the story entrance is live from the crown point indiana location with the latest on the investigation >>by late in the evening the person of interest turned himself in and his vehicle was impounded investigated by the crime laboratory

>>for correctional officers were struck while jogging one of them was killed three others injured seriously ... the driver did not stop ... last night a vigil was held for the slain officer ... earlier in the day the sheriff released information to the media found at the scene that helped narrow down the suspect vehicle ... during the vigil last night the sheriff was confident that his department was close to making an arrest >>we're very positive on a solution to this soon. things are looking good. >>just a few hours after the

interview the person of interest was in custody being questioned by detectives all of the evidence collected will be turned ever to the lake county prosecutor from their charges will be filed ... that will be followed by a press conference with details of the suspected hit and run driver who turned himself and last night >>and man is now charged with murdering a store clerk in merrillville indiana perri... police say that jeremy blue shot and killed judi simpson beaver while robbing the lucky food mart sunday he was arrested at his home yesterday place it there receive tips from people who recognize the hooded sweatshirt that the shooter war in the surveillance tape investigators still looking for to manner or the store minutes before the

robbery police said all three suspects got away in the same car >>a graphic photographs of dead and dying animals and filthy conditions were on display at the trial of the south suburban animal shelter owner dawn hamill is charged with neglect and cold treatment of animals police raided her shelter near tinley park in february last year and welfare officials to move more than 100 animals from the property pictures show the dead miniature horse and a himalayan cat as well as puppies living in their own excrement her lawyer said no veterinarians were consulted to verify that she was responsible for any of this abuse >>dozens of new rail cars put into service by the cta last year had to be sidelined in december now we know why they had dangerous flaws that could lead to derailments jae milller reports >>they have defective parts that could lead to a derailment the

cta disclose the results of the investigation to the chicago tribune wednesday it involved 54 railcars manufactured by canada based bombadier transportation the silk the steel castings at the center of the investigation were located next to the wheels of these cars they allowed the move meant to be independent of the axle cta officials say all of these seatssteel castings were substandard and came from one manufacturer in china there will be a new contract with a german and a different chinese manufacturer ... according to the chicago tribune the cta rejected a freedom of information act request last year about this very deal ...

the cta was the first to purchase these cars 506 in total totaling more than $1 billion ... news of the dangerous flores is troubling to commuters we interviewed >>we're putting our faith in the technology and the crew of the transit system it's troubling to see the reports and know that that actually happened >>it's kind of bad to put a vehicle up there for people to take a chance on ... it's kind of sat >>all of these cars were polled in mid december and the cta was forced to use to retired railcars from the 1960's as a result there have been no accidents associated with these defective cars and the cta will

it reintroduce them with the new parts sometime this may ... >>a controversial former police chief of cicero illinois has been hired by the chicago city council finance committee thomas rowland will help finance german ed burke investigate the validity of workers' compensation claims by city employees the sun-times reports that he was once investigated by the fbi and a cicero police officer said that he threatened his job for cooperating with the fbi thomas rowan has donated about $10,000 to alderman ed burke and his political fund >>two brothers a former state treasurer alexi giannoulias have been named it a federal lawsuit involving the failure of chicago-based broadway bank prosecutors say that george n.

demetris giannoulias approved 17 questionable and money-losing bonds which directly contributed to the failure of the family bank in 2010 alexi giannoulias was not named in that lawsuit however the bank's failure was often brought up during his 2010 senate campaign including allegations of questionable loans that were made to convicted political fund-raiser tony rezko the fdic regulators are trying to recover $104 million in losses by this time next week rod blagojevich will be in a prison cell but before the convicted ex governor leaves chicago he plans to make a public statement the spokesman would not say when blagojevich will make a statement or what it may contain only that it will happen before next thursday his attorney said blagojevich wants to enter prison and a dignified way without any media frenzy

the pastor with dreams of turning an abandoned motel into a community center launched a new phase to make that reality pastor corey brooks has already raised nearly $5,000oo000 after camping out on top of that motel for 94 days the motel is located near 66th and came across from his new beginnings church that money will purchase the property and pay for its demolition but now the pastor needs funds to build a community center that will cost $15 million priestess' criticizing organizers of sunday's south side irish st. patrick's day parade for beginning the event one hour earlier than previous years st. john fisher catholic church in the beverly community has canceled two masses on sunday to accommodate the ev

11:00 in the morning start time other churches in the area also cancelled or rescheduled services the pastor says that the parade committee could have followed the lead of the chicago's gay pride parade which began in known allowing parishioners to attend church before the event starts the hunger games had an event at the westfield malatvalley mall yesterday as local fans [ host ] mary switched to allstate and saved $326.00 on her car insurance. john switched and saved $263.00! drivers who switched to allstate saved an average of $336 a year on car insurance. and allstate will send you two bonus checks a year every year you stay accident free with our safe driving bonus. when i switched to allstate my savings amounted to $436 a year. when i switched

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recalling over 200,000 of the vehicles because road salt career suspension causing that to crack the owners will be notified >>i'm beejal patel live from the cme group in chicago with today's headlines in business ... the mcdonald's value menu will be undergoing some changes ... and target will be getting a revamp of its ailes 230 scartretail outlets will be revamped to accommodate fresh groceries ... because of a small during crisis

in the persian gulf in oil prices are on track to be worse ... things are looking up for greece ... they face a deadline today and some of its corporations will agree to a debt swap ... checking markets stocks are up 1% investors are also hoping for good numbers on jobs creation tomorrow when the government releases a report ... >>the justice department warned apple and five other u.s. publishers that it plans to sue them for colluding to raise the price of evokes the wall street journal reports the problem began with a plan by apple to create a consistent pricing

model between publishers and retailers federal investigator said the plan would raise prices for the e-books across the industry and consumers would pay these prices publishers have denied acting jointly to raise them ... >>coming up a long time michigan avenue business that is getting ready to close its doors >>also ahead we have an alarming new report from the surgeon general about the use of tobacco among teenagers and a new call for action to curb smoking >>and we have a special performance today from the group vintage blue

later this month. she will join a delegation to brief nato officials about the chicago summit preparations governor quinn will accompany her. so will 70 city business leaders the chicago sun-times reports that the delegation will use the occasion to showcase chicago's economic and tourism resources illinois has had a trade office in belgium for more than 40 years. >>from amsterdam to casablanca mayors from around the world will be meeting with mayor emmanuel in chicago today looking for solutions to urban challenges >>julian crews is live from the chicago cultural center >>the u.s. secretary for housing and urban development and several dignitaries from many other countries are here to talk about solutions for urban problems >>you hear what others are doing

and some of those might be a fit ... this is also a way for cities that host events like this like chicago and new york or other cities around the world that can attract world- class events ... it's an opportunity ... >>this is the first time the organization for economic cooperation has convened in chicago it's a group that looks at innovative problems to solving urban solutions for urban problems like infrastructure banks and trust funds and social and economic options and green

technology development ... the mayor said that the plan to rebuild the water infiltration pumping stations is one example something they want to be a leader and for world water filtration ... michael bloomberg came to the defense of rahm emanuel under persistent questioning about the loss of the g-8 summit ... he spoke of the tremendous benefits of having nato hold its summit here ...

>>it true a lot of laughter from the city hall press corps ... >>niktown on michigan avenue will be closing for renovations it will be temporarily laying off all of its 160 employees it is going to shut its doors this coming monday and will reopen six months ended sept. the company says the remodeling is part of an ongoing retail strategy the 60,000 square foot store first opened in 1992

welcome back to tom skilling ... is the second biggest solar flare of this 11 year solar cycle ... one year ago this son woke up after a long dormant. period.. the 1859 solar flare had lots of intensity that not doubt telegraph communications but now it's quite a different story technologically ... there's a lot more its stake these days we will be watching very closely it may just interfere with navigation systems that are dependent on space satellite

signals we're in the midst of it today cool off. a 2 day colling oling.. warm air will be with us again for the weekend. the northwest winds are blowing yesterday week hit nearly 60 mi. per hour there slower today ... we are taking a look on the map of all of these wind gusts in the area ...

they are formidable today but nothing like what we saw yesterday ... there's a watch on the northern lights tonight with a full moon ... back in 1859 they say the northern lights were visible way to cuba ... we may see them tonight. there are lots of thunderstorms

are running through the deep south ... we are not affected. these storms could grow more severe. our southern suburbs have been getting rain however. it is currently 43 degrees at o'hare. wind is blowing northwest at 20 mi. per hour it's 43 degrees at midway ... we have more seasonable temperatures going on today. 20 degrees cooler than it was

yesterday. looking at the next 10-15 days we should be about 16 degrees above normal. this is a very warm pattern interrupted only once by the buckle and the jet stream ... mild pacific air will reach us by saturday bringing up the temperatures we may get some rain late sunday. tonight snow showers to the north of us ... the wind will be lighter tamaratomorrow. beautiful

sunny day saturday. it will not rain all day sunday but it will grow overcast with showers ... the southwestern states will have wind advisories ... wind gusts over the weekend 30- 40 mi. per hour. it has been a very windy spring thus far. the forecast this afternoon is noticeably cooler, but certainly sees aa more seasonable temperature ... tonight will be

clear and colder ... seasonably cool tomorrow near 48 degrees ... saturday gorgeous start to the weekend the high will be 60 degrees and sunny. statistically we are in for a warm spring and a hot summer we shall sayee.. >>it's time now for today's trivia question: who said " i am not a virginian but an american "?

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said he was " not a virginian but an american " ... >>tom skilling is back with the

forecast update ... >>there is no rain and our future here just a slight cool down ... but there is a warm-up over the weekend. the big grain is happening in the deep south ... they have severe weather warnings going on with that big rainstorm activity. the cooler air will continue tomorrow here we will get a

warm-up into the low 60s saturday into sunday there will be a shower or some thunderstorms sunday and monday morning ... the war mayor will be waiting for us by wednesday or thursday and we have a warm pattern beyond that the next two weeks will be warmer than seasonally normal. 59 degrees saturday 62 degrees sunday chance of rain later in the day thunderstorms early monday partly sunny and getting warmer ... we may see some humidity temperatures tuesday and wednesday will feel warmer 59 degrees thursday and beyond that we go into and above normal temperature patterns for about

15 days ... we have a nice spring unfolding for chicagoans. thank you tom skilling. and thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon remember that we will be back tonight at 5:00 and 9:00 p.m.. we have the group vintage blue playing in the studio there will be at the house of blues saturday night as part of " hammerfest"