today we make 15. 104 waukegan. 16 in kankakee. 13 in joliet. i almost wanted to put this away but it won't go away. - 2 in bartlett. you certainly have to bundle up. we are dry. sunlight radar shows dry conditions. our temperature climbs to 20 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 17 by 9:00 p.m.. at 7:00 a.m. we are still down to 10 degrees. another cold week. tuesday's high is only up to 20. wednesday it will feel like - 5--20 with a high temperature only at 10 degrees. >> that's the high? traffic is looking good. no major problems. it's so cold they did cancel the overnight construction. so it's an easy start today. no accident to report. if you are heading out early you are in good shape. >> people in kankanee county are dealing with the worst ice jams they've seen in the river in more than 30 years. county officials have closed warner bridge in manteno after ice jamming has created dangerous conditions. the logs of ice and snow are stacked high ... clogging up the kankakee river. with so much snow this winter, followed by a quick thaw, the main concern is

. >>> when "lockup" producers traveled to the joliet correctional facility in illinois, they walked through corridors of one of the nation's most historic penal institutions. constructed from sandstone, this castle was built in 1857, four years prior to the civil war, and the friction between staff and inmates seems every bit as old. >> [ bleep ] choke -- >> during our shoot in joliet, a disruptive new inmate had just been removed from his cell and was being taken to segregation. our cameras were there as captain kim morgan attempted to make the transfer. first, a brief stop to process paperwork. >> you see the -- don't hit me, man. on the real, he hit me, man. >> that particular inmate was from the rnc and we had just received him in from the county. he was upset for one reason or another. i don't even know what it was. he was at the front of the bars being aggressive. i told him to go have a seat in the back of the cell and remain quiet. he wouldn't. he disobeyed him, and then he was insolent toward myself and the lieutenant and it progressed toward them. >> the handcuffs -- >> nobody hit

. >>> a fog is the issue southwest of chicago, near joliet, leading to this 20-car pileup on interstate 57. many of those vehicles were on fire. the highway had to be shut down for hours. at least ten people had to go to the hospital, but the injuries are said to be not life-threatening. >>> flooding is now becoming a concern in many areas as well, as the snow melts and the rain falls. it's called minor so far in chicago, where the pictures are from -- these pictures are from. >> yuck. >> crews are working to clear snow out of storm drains so the water can make its way out of the streets. goodness. >> i know. look at that. >> indra, we just depressed everyone. we're like, it's the end of the world! it's armageddon! >> well, the good news is the weekend's going to get a lot better, but unfortunately, we still have another day of severe weather to make our way through. look at the last 24 hours, 13 reports of tornadoes in illinois. notice as the squall line went through, all the reports we saw, heavy wind and also large hail was seen out there. what are we looking at this morning? look at

first, vinita nair in joliet, illinois, where it's below freezing tonight. vinita. >> reporter: good evening to you, scott. that's right. and the wind chill has actually made it feel as though it is 24 degrees below zero. unfortunately, it will not warm up. it will stay below freezing in this part of illinois until at least next week. >> okay. >> reporter: as many as six times a day, faith keating gives her six-month-old son tony, her six-month-old son tommy, treatment for a respiratory condition brought on by the cold. keating has lived in this shelter with her four children since december. she came to missouri to find a job. >> we were always outside, always in the cold. i don't have a car, so it's either taking the bus or walking. >> reporter: so how does the weather affect you day to day? >> i have to figure out are we risking somebody getting sick again or somebody getting worse than they already are? >> reporter: across the upper midwest, temperatures are 10-35 degrees below normal. chicago's low was 2 degrees. grand forks, north dakota, was 11 below.

. >> joliet is up to 2.6. you just get through 0.3 in. reported from ottawa.fternoon to see anywhere from 6-7 in. of snow in the next four-five hours. >> these are towering conduct of cells that embedded within the snow. it is blowing to parent this is kind of in a sense an unconventional storm system. producing the wind down here. >> st. charles of 1.3. here is our model forecast on the snowfall that is expected to take place. we have rain fall on thursday. in the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. police operator 114. do you have a police emergency? help me! what's wrong, ma'am? i'm hurt. please, help me. what's your name? ma'am? what's your name? i need a 27 car for a possible 54. man: 27 charlie. do you have the location? 260 beach street. 4-b. female call for help. 27 charlie responding. hello, ma'am. are you there? are you there? briscoe: looks like she got it right here. then craw

currently - 2 in joliet and - 1 in dekalb. we do have cool temperatures as a travel away from the center. wind chill is quite low. -13 in dekalb. satellite rare composite choose its dry. lake effect clouds and snow are on the flip side of lake michigan. but the chance of snow tonight is light snow. more snow saturday and then as the heavier snow comes it will be sunday. two years to the mid-20s. tonight we go down to 17. snow showers develop saturday the snow continues into sunday. >> your main roads are still nice unclear but we do have street closures to tell you about. overnight fire near 126 and 159. heavy smoke coming out of that home. they still have closures on 126. both leans down to one lane through that stretch. we are hearing that 59 is open. watch for traffic tieups there in plainfield. but the rest of the road so far so good. one woman is dead and her daughter is critically injured after a shooting inside a home on chicago's southwest side. nancy loo is *live at stroger hospital with more. >> according to police,

this is down and the blinof joliet area. all systems been out of 80 near 55. there are about 200 snowplows out focused on the main streets and of course lake shore drive. want to make sure everyone is able to get around this morning. once the main street and lecture drive is taking care of sidestreets no problems, and south but it is 4:00 a.m.. take it slow. i came in on the dan ryan. the roads were definitely snow-covered. you could not see the lanes as you're driving. still people were thinking it would be better to go faster. we saw someone spin out. take it slow. take extra time. take public transportation. back to. >> as usual, the snowfall is also covering northwest indiana. that area could see anywhere from three to eight inches of snow by this afternoon. strong winds will reduce visibility, making the roads even more dangerous to take on. in-dot says it had its plows on state highways before the snow came. >> been very busy. >> for a tow truck operator this is like white and gold. >> it's like platinum right now. >> i don't like it. we thought it would

that led to several spin outs on i-80 in joliet and on the stevenson near route 30. no serious injuries were reported. it's taking longer to keep roads in the suburbs clear, as some areas stretch out their dwindling salt supply. >> we budgeted $100,000 for salt. at this point we purchased $235,000 in salt. we had 600 t on hand. we hope that gets us to the end of winter. >>the village of glen ellyn has multiple piles to work with. some came from as far as kansas, another pile is mixed with beet juice, and then there's a secret stash from another un-disclosed township in illinois. chicago's airports will try to get back on schedule today. at o-hare, nearly 830 flights were cancelled yesterday. it was not much better at midway with 230 flights cancelled. many people spent the nights on cots at o'hare. now that the bad weather is out of our area, people can expect delays out east. parts of new england could pick up six inches of snow through tonight. we'll get an update on what you can expect today at o'hare and midway ... later this morning. a metra train slammed into a

. - 8 in joliet. - 7 and bartlett. the wind chill across the area it gives us readings of -11. bartlett -18. and i may have set it up thousand times already. make sure you bundle up and don't be outside with exposed skin for very long. frostbite could be an issue if you are outside with the wind chill that low. such a cool front comes through it won't cost much of a disturbance because we have a system moving through the south. mostly cloudy with flurries possible. high temperature 23. tonight, low temperature down to 13. partly cloudy. not as cold. the forecast shows tomorrow, 34. so it will feel nice to be above freezing. a first time in a few weeks. friday we cool down again. a clipper system moves through with some light snow mixing in with rain. breezy friday high-temperature 23. a fairly nice condition. another warmup into the weekend. >> coming up markets looks at what's trending. >> and we hear from reactions to hearing aboutmissouri football s he did not tell his parents tuesday long before he nested to the world. he city told college coaches and teammates in august bu

for degrees in joliet. generally dry conditions. we do have some cloud cover. a bit across the southern community but certainly not much as the cold front is pressing down to the south. another front comes later today could see some flurries but that it. it will drop the temperatures. 20 is the high today. tonight slow down to - four which will break a record low for the upcoming overnight. on wednesday we make 12 degrees for a high. breezy. thursday it doesn't look like it's march. but 10 degrees for the high. a morning low is - 5. >> still ahead, marcus is here with more on how you can help name the new baby gorilla. >> and the mexican drug kingpin, what the mayor says about a potential trial in chicago. >> and what's being called the fastest car in the world. >> it looks like the batman car. >> it looks like the batman car. the cith a mardi-gras themed party to celebrate it's 177-th birthday! the party will take place on tuesday march 4th from 11 a-m to 7 p-m at daily plaza. several food trucks will sell food for both lunch and dinner. and there will be a li

. >> at the joliet correctional center in illinois, a boot camp-like orientation begins the intake process. >> you may keep 12 envelopes. you can keep 24 pictures. anything after 24 pictures, will be sent home or destroyed. >> you start with specific directions, and you tell them what the expectation levels are. if anybody causes a problem, you take them out of the equation immediately, and by doing that, you maintain that control. >> some people have been there several times before, and it's, quite frankly, almost a homecoming to them. and then you can always read what they refer to as the fresh fish. >> oh, man, i've heard stories about what goes on at night here. i have heard stories about people getting killed. i've heard all sorts of stories. you name it. >> there's always that guy who is wide-eyed who absolutely doesn't want to be there. you get to go home, and they don't. >> such was the case with 23-year-old andrew dykman. we were there the day he arrived at utah state prison on a statutory rape conviction. >> i've done some jail time, but i've never been here before. it's a whole

we will launch the medics to obtain the lpn degrees at joliet junior college. [applause] and part of our job strategy is investing in the industries that are the future of the 21st century economy. that is why we invested in 1871. the digital hub in the merchandise market has grown over 200 startups and created more than a thousand jobs in this two years. that is why now we are going to invest in a new bio hub with a pharmaceutical medical device and health i.t. startups. the life-sciences in illinois has a 98 billion-dollar economic footprint. and our new bio hub is going to drive even more economic growth into that sector. we should never forget that illinois has always been a manufacturing hub. especially the auto manufacturers and their suppliers. when i took office, chrysler employed 200 people at the belvedere plant. we partnered with chrysler. and now they employ more than 4700 workers at that very same plant. five years ago ford had just one shift at its plant with a total of 1600 workers and we worked with ford and now they have three shifts with more