our gaynor hall is in the newsroom -- and has the story. gaynor? second day back at work at rush..nned this huge celebration. army captain sherry hedge tells us she was shocked overwhelmed, and grateful. the warriors' watch riders, police officers, firefighters and, hospital employees all gathering at rush university medical center, friday to officially welcome home captain sherry hedge. american hero! >> you did it! >> i'm honored. i'm overwhelmed. with a line of tears and hugs and pats on the back. hedge joined the army right after september eleventh. she's been deployed once to kosovo, and twice to afghanistan. after her last tour, in july, she returned home to chicago - with injuries. possibly caused by repeatedly jumpimg out of helicopters to assist injured soldiers. so, two knee surgeries and months of physical therapy later, she was finally cleared to get back to her other job at rush. she's been an e-r nurse here for 12 years. >> i'm so proud of her. so honored to know her. down iran planted this for her friend and co-worker. the mayor was even sent a letter to show his sup

gaynor hall is in the beverley neighborhood tonight with more details on the st.patty's day parade organizers of the south side irish parade say the tradition is marching on this year with fewer flights to smaller crowds and crack down on alcohol and people were looking to celebrate this weekend have plenty of options. it is one of several san patrick's day events around chicago area. i know the party got kind of wild and they needed to take it down a little bit but we are excited to take the kids back again. this time around organizers have big changes in store. to enforce that the planning committee sending $50,000 on private security western will be shut down to traffic from 9-9 to 119 a parking ban starts at 6:00 a.m. they're setting up barricades all around the parade route organizers say they have reached out to the university in the north side bars. more than 400 porter bodies will be delivered overnight. is there are republican favorite and illinois? the results of our score pole. we may have some stormy moments tomorrow night but the big weather story wil

wgn's gaynor hall is live on the north side.. at a seven eleven today. gaynor .. are they selling tickets, or has that window closed now? they are still selling tickets up to 945. it has been a busy day with lots of people coming in all open to turn $1 and to $640 million. the cash is big and so are the dreams. produce my musical. >> buy a couple cars, help some family out. >> i'm just gonna save the world...yeah. its a record mega millions jackpot,tonight. 640 million dollars. the odds of winning? miniscule. one in 176 million! >> the cubs are more likely to win their first 27 games of the year than you are to win with one ticket. youre more likely to pick every winning president till the year 2116. who cares about the odds when you 've got luck on your side. this is the wgn mega millions pool. >> but, i guess i took too much time to buy. you're holding up the line....sorry! turns out, this guy knows what he's doing. won $2,600 just last month. >> im really lucky. i won a lot of money out of this store. he skipped away before i could get his name. but if this 7-e

. >> gaynor hall has our top story tonight. >> it was or race against time, two state troopers and several bystanders risking their own lives to rescue a woman who was trapped inside a burning car and police say this all happened because she was driving drunk. 4:00 this morning on the bishop court freeway outbound exit ramp to sydney boulevard, state police say 34 year-old jackson of chicago was drinking and driving too fast when she crashed for black chevy tahoe into a tree, she escaped with no injuries but jackson's legs were trapped in the suv was on fire. her body was hanging up said the driver's side door and when i looked inside both of her legs were stock. >> the first officer at the scene then came. the officer quickly damaged jackson's legs with a fire extinguisher. >> the drivers compartment had flames coming towards the victims legs. along with several bystanders the trooper tried to pull her out and they manage to get her out just seconds before the s u b was fully engulfed in flames, there was no time to think about their own safety. and when they got hurt out police say jacks

gaynor hall, wgn news.way at the abandoned motel made famous by a pastor who camped out on the roof for more than three months. pastor corey brooks of new beginnings church wants to build a community center. he lived on the roof and refused to leave until he raised $450,000 dollars. donations from the community, and cash from movie mogul tyler perry, helped meet the goal. now, he's asking basketball star derrick rose to help with the cost of building the center $15 million dollars and he'll call it the "rose center." >>dedicated to service and dedicated to each other. a married couple in the army is welcomed home to cicero. a motorcade of police fire and warrior watch riders paid tribute to army sergeants james and yuying masuca returning from overseas. they were showered with hugs, handshakes and thanks. james is a bronze star recipient who's served in japan, hawaii dubai, korea, germany, iraq and afghanistan yuying served in germany and was awarded "the soldier of the cycle." it was a surprise for her. sh

in his fight to keep the second district gaynor hall takes a look at the race and what's at stake. he may be jr. in terms of his title within the family but he is very senior and a man of respect. nancy pelosi of showing her support behind congressman jesse jackson jr. in his primary battle against albertson, and a press conference today posey praised jackson for bringing jobs in federal dollars to his district leader policy didn't have to endorse any but she did and i'm grateful. the last time i checked nancy pelosi doesn't vote in the second congressional district and as i travel with its and the churches or the train stations, people are sick and tired of outsiders and all these politicians coming in and telling people who to vote for. alberts and served one term in congress and said jackson lacks credibility and remains the target of the house ethics committee investigation. but the longtime congressman scored another endorsement today from a couple ministers in t accused albertson of falsely claiming some of his religious supporters have endorsed her. little more than two week

wgn's gaynor hall tells us how facebook helped to bring the two together again >> the police was contacted by the father of march 17th indicating that he was concerned for his child welfare. >> and with that in evanston police detective got in contact with police in dallas sparking the investigation that brought a girl back to her father and landed her mother shot vaughn taylor in jail. this all started in 2009. documents released by police says the girl was visiting her grandmother for christmas on chicago's south side. taylor is charged with kidnapping the child and taking her to texas. among the allegations police a taylor and her boyfriend get the girl locked in a closet a week as punishment for telling a teacher about domestic violence she had witnessed at home. >> while she was in there they'd better inside the closet and make her stay inside the closet. >> police said the relative a girl find her father on face book. he talked with her on the phone and shortly after that he contacted evanston police. they took the girl into protective custody arresting taylor and her boyfriend. on t

the justices don't care about the protests either way, but gaynor hall is here with the debate inside the high court. passing healthcare reform was a signature accomplishment for president obama. repealing it is a top priority for conservative critics. but is the core provision of the affordable care act constitutional? after two years of fierce public debate the supreme court will get the final word. outside the supreme court dueling protests with supporters and opponents of the "affordable care act." this law is here to stay. this is clearly unconstitutional. inside, the courtroom was packed for the start of the historic proceedings. the big question is, can the government require people to get health insurance or pay a penalty? first up though... arguments today focused on whether that penalty should be considered a tax. if so, the court would delay a ruling until the individual mandate actually goes into effect in 2014. the obama administration and 26 states challenging the law want the supreme court to move forward on the healthcare issue now. and justices appeared ready to do th

wgn's gaynor hall joins us with this story. a dog on the ledge. onlookers in suspense.rama developing around noon today at a building at the corner of menominee and cleveland. maggie a 4 year old terrier(?) somehow crawled out of a cracked window. there she is teetering on the ledge. five inches wide and four stories up. on the ground the crowd grew, wondering, what would she do? would she jump? would she stay? it was scary. you don't want to see a little cocky jump. firefighters quickly set at a park just in case she felt. she was shaking. the little legs. i tried not to scare him. rolle raced up to the fourth floor and peeked out the window. he was afraid the noise from the fire trucks had scared her so carefully inch by inch the dog back up. i scooped him and put him inside the apartment. the owners were both at work when the property manager called with the news. the reaction. i need to get home in two seconds. but it was all resolved by the time she got there. tonight she took maggie to engine 22 to say thank you. this firefighter says he's never had a rescue like

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>> tina turner, diana ross, whitney houston, gloria gaynor, mi personajes es una cantante de cabarete vayas rÁpido de aquÍ, no quiero nada de tí, no esperes nada de mÍ, porque el que la hace la paga, tengo que decirte que ya no te quiero, se acabÓ, s acabó nuestra historia de amor, tengo que decirte que ya no te quiero, tus besos, tu cuerpo, se acabÓ nuestra historia de amor, vete de aquÍ ♪ [aplausos] >> bravo! [aplausos] >> mil gracias!

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