. >> in court he called me the john got ee of kankakee. >> the prisoner was worried sick. the prosecutor that convicted keene and put him behind bars suddenly wanted to talk, a top secret meeting, no less. what more could he do to jimmy? >> he was the last person i expected to hear from. he was my biggest fear. >> but keene's fears went off the chart when the prosecutor, larry beaumont, slid an accordion file his direction. on top was a grisly photo of a dead girl. >> flip the next page, another young dead mutilated girl. i am thinking whoa, wait a second. >> he is probably thinking at this point you're about to charge him with something else. >> yeah, because you know, i had be rough on him in the initial prosecution. >> jimmy was in the dark. he had no idea the crazy scheme beaumont had in mind. >> he says jimmy, listen, he says this is something that we have another person on, he has killed many, many young women, and i personally think you're the one that can help us with this. >> this turned out to be an investigation to try and catch a suspected serial killer. beaumo

weather channel meteorologist julie martin is in kankakee, ill now, south of chicago to tell us more about that. julie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening lester. we're getting a temporary break in the rain on this last weekend of summer, most midwest farmers are getting what they've wanted since the growing season began and that is just that. two to four inches of rains in states like indiana, illinois and missouri. a mixed blessing for farmers who say it's far too late for corn but could help soybeans. isaac has left behind some unstable air. it will be bringing severe weather potential to the midwest tomorrow in place like the ohio valley. already three reported tornadoes in the state of illinois. again, the farmers would like some rain but no high winds and not too much rain. that will make it more difficult to get into the muddy fields. lester. >>> there's a growing health alert at one of the most popular tourist des naitinations in the country. health officials say two people have died after being exposed to a mouse born virus there. they are warning thousands more who hav

after allegedly using credit cards in las vegas of victims that he killed and rogers park, a former kankakee prosecutor and his roommate were stabbed to death their apartment had been set on fire to cover up the crime pratt had roomed with them for a while. attorneys representing derek smith's lawyer says there are problems with the government's top witness beginning with his background. information on his background and about his arrest and the fact that he served and has been convicted of theft by deception there's a lot of information that goes to the heart of the case that the government has been unwilling to turn over. >> the u.s. attorney's office not commenting on pretrial motions but smith's legal team says they will not get a chance to see details on the confidential informant sooner than planned and they hope to persuade the judge to throw out the potentially incriminating recorded conversation part of the sting operation that according to prosecutors captured then a representative derrick smith accepting a $7,000 bribe. he hopes to win back the 10th district after fellow state leg

kankakee had 2.34 in.ley a drop from the city north and there was plenty of opportunity to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather. a lovely war early september evening with these winds bringing some lake cooling. when you have the remnants of a hurricane you do not call off the way we do with most storms. we had mid-90s and the 90's at naperville with a 74 on the other hand. we may have a 91 at o'hare and a 90 on wednesday which could bring an isolated thunderstorm with gusty winds in the afternoon of wednesday there is a severe weather threat there are even he is visor is as you can see from the south year. this is for high winds up in southern alaska. that weather system will buckle the jet stream. we have near 90 during the day on wednesday that it will cool off a little bit on thursday. tomorrow an early shower, partly sunny hot and humid. hot and humid again with a good chance of storms and maybe some severe storms for wednesday. and then we cool off a little bit. an update from aldermen whose distri

we can come up with conditions that will make it every bit as safe for him as at home as it is in kankakee. the next step in the case will be the agreement it will be scheduled for sometime in the next 7-10 days. prosecutors in colorado given up their fight to four the notebook of the colorado cedar massacre james holmes he looks very different from this photo now he no longer had the dyed hair when he was taken into custody. anonymous sources say that his notebook contains plans for the massacre he allegedly opened fire at the premiere of a batman movie killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. prosecutors want to obtain the notebook any way. a peoria family that believes they're missing son may have been the victim of the serial killer john wayne gacy over 30 years ago finally has some answers. he disappeared in 1978 while hitchhiking back to the chicago area from washington state the family feared that his remains might be among those that the sheriff's office was working to identify a thank-you the remains found on the side of mount olympus were not those of a homicide. the autopsy sai

weather channel meteorologist julie martin is in kankakee, south of chicago to tell us more about that. >> reporter: good evening lester. we're getting a temporary break in the rain on this last weekend of summer. most midwest farmers are getting what they've wanted since the growing season began and that is just that. however, with the good also comes the bad in the form of severe weather. first, though, let's start with the good. generally we're looking at two to four inches across the midwest in states like illinois, indiana and ohio, just drought-stricken states. indianapolis, by the way, has already picked up about three inches today. in central illinois -- sorry -- springfield has already picked up about two inches. with that also comes some very unstable air left behind by isaac. we are looking at a severe weather threat. three tornadoes already reported today, lester. more threats will exist tomorrow, just a little further eastward. >> julie martin, thank you. on this holiday weekend, a growing health al hert tonight at one of the most popular tourist destinations in the countr

quite a contrast with the 90's that occurred in kankakee.t 73. and pretty warm across the metro area. what a change will be coming into the area. do 0.55 humidity is 52 percent now. our headline is this big weather change which will bring with this summer rains tomorrow. the good news is it looks like it will warm up nicely for the weekend we could be in the '70s during the day and the models have cut the amount of rain we may get out of this weather system but it's still fairly substantial you can see how this is going to unfold. once it passes we clear out tomorrow night and that's why the bottom drops out on the temperature and we will get into the thirties across the metro area. you can see exactly how this rain is going to lay out. no problems tonight and even at midnight the skies are fairly clear. by morning there will be a son cloud and showers in the region the rains begin to fill in around lunchtime tomorrow then we get ourselves into showers and thunderstorms after that as you can see when it starts raining into this dry air you w