there's more of a victory for madigan and that derrick smith race ... he will have to step aside so that the party leaders have a chance to make their choice to replace him it was very strategic his victory last night ... party leaders still have lots of power here in illinois >>for a complete list of the results of the primary yesterday go to our web site wgntv.com coming up next in this new hour an investigation is opened into a police involved shooting that left a man and woman hospitalized >>the suspect in the french school shooting remains locked in a standoff with police ... and complaints consumers are logging with the new i-pad we will be right back a man and woman are hospitalized after they were shot by an off- duty chicago police officer ... it happened around 1:00 this morning near 15th and albany in the lawndale neighborhood. police said the officer stopped to check every disturbance. when a man walked up to the officer's car with a handgun ... the off- duty officer of gunfire. hitting the man in hand and striking woman and had the man is i

springfield this morning to take a closer look at the federal burr ridge charges against it rep derrick smith for the bipartisan panel will decide if and how smith should be disciplined smith was arrested on march 13th that has not made any public statements since despite the charges he won his primary election last tuesday but several prominent state lawmakers including governor quinn urging smith to resign their one-party leaders to choose a new democratic candidate to run in the general election in november the committee will meet again april 9th the attorney for richard vanecko the former mayor daley nephew has filed papers opposing an independent investigation into a deadly fight involving hempfest the family of david koschman says that richard vanecko was the man who threw the punch that killed stared koschman at site of a bar on rush streets eight years ago the chicago sun times printed a story that said richard vanecko admitted to this at a northwest side police station but in yesterday's court filing richard vanecko is lawyer said the paper got it wrong >>richard vanecko was never ch

state rep derrick smith is a free on bond. if found guilty could face 10 years in prison. say that smith agreed to help day care center apply for a state grand in exchange for $7,000. the fbi informant was a campaign worker smith is on the ballot for the 10th district in tuesday's primary he was appointed to the state house and is now in his first primary wgn's julie unruh is live in littleton colorado with more on the rod blagojevich arrival 24 hours from now we expect the governor to it turned himself in to the s c i englewood los security federal prison this is the most difficult and humbling part of the entire ordeal for the blagojevich family ... and he received advice from someone who has been there >>check your personality and your ego at the door ... >>a former aide to gov. george ryan said that the trial is tormenting but the sentencing day is worse ... time inside is low-grade cafeteria food uniforms all locked cell and time away from family ... you do a lot of reading playing racquetball and lifting weights and he suspects that rod blagojevich will make the most