the rain is getting heavier across southern parts of kankakee. that's where we find a line of heavier and a wicked line of grain moving south of 80. it is pressing to the north. some areas will start to be affected. the line up to the north and west gets here this afternoon. today, showers are likely. temperatures tumble. snow possible today. 27 degrees tonight. trust 545. friday we make 55. >> still had the latest on the murder trial in south africa. >> the and as a records phone calls in another country. and when a new report reveals about the chances for older women to get alzheimer's. details ahead. >> update on a new star wars movie that is trending this morning. that's coming up next. the latest testimony at the oscar pistorius murder trial covers physical evidence at the scene. a blood spatter expert is on the stand this morning talking about the blood left behind, after the shooting. earlier a ballistics expert testified that reeva steenkamp was sitting on a magazine rack, in a defensive position, when she was shot multiple times. the exp

still coming down at a good clip from waukegan down to kankakee. we will enhance the activity to show you the heavy band of snow. the darker shade of blue from just south of the city along 80 to frankfurt all the way to morris heavy snow. moderate snow falling in the city. the snow is still have the visibility is being reduced by that snow coming down. watch out for that. as the snow gets more flaky later this morning colder air will work through. the winter storm warning only lasts until 11:00 a.m.. we don't expect a lot of blowing but the wind is strong. skies will clear up later this afternoon with some peaks of sunshine and merging. another hour or so of some heavy snowfall before things start to improve later this afternoon. temperatures fall to about 20. tomorrow is 35. the morning fleury. this note will melt rapidly for the next few days. >> a few things to talk about. this is the stevenson of cicero just to show you the visibility. in a lot of cases the snow is blowing sideways. it's difficult to see. very heavy damps know that will cause a

. >> jimmy keene grew up 135 miles away from kankakee, illinois.now larry hall, and he had no idea that their worlds would someday collide. >> third down and five at the 25 yard line. >> for jimmy keene, life couldn't have been more different. while hall was an awkward outsider, jimmy keene was a star. especially under the lights on friday nights. >> we would come out here, the lights would be on. the whole stadium would just be completely full and the crowd would be roaring and it was just a very euphoric, unbelievable high. the friday night games were the biggest rush i've ever had in my life. >> a gifted athlete, he lettered in two sports. studied martial arts and inspired fear in everyone he faced. do you like having people terrified of you just a little bit? >> well, in that kind of sport, sure. that's why they called me the assassin. >> you were the assassin. >> yes. my nickname was the assassin. and the reason why name was the assassin is because i put somebody out at every game i've ever played. >> keene wasn't just the hometown hero, he wa

>> reporter: we've seen some changes, anderson, on the kankakee river.h it's still frigid it ways a little warmer today. the ice levels have gone down a little bit. that being said, i know i'm very safe here. i have the confidence of an issue fisherman because i'm several feet above the kankakee river right now. we know it is sturdy, there won't be flooding but it will be coming in the next several days. the top levels of the ice are soft now. it breaks like glass. you hear that. that's just the top level. there's still three to five feet below me of ice. what's amazing about this is just last week, saturday as a matter of fact, there was no ice like this at all on this river. it was iced over but it was as flat as a hockey rink. then the weather got warm, it started melting, then it got frigidly cold. that's why this developed. old timers we've talked to who live in this area say they've never seen it like this before. but issue is starting about this thursday coming up the weather is supposed to be above freezing. it's supposed to last that way for sev

forties' along the lakeshore. 51 at kankakee. the southeast wind, this tells you why it is cool along the lake. they are blowing and 9 mi. per hour. the humidity at 60%. >> consists of 182 stations all through the area. naperville is up to 51. on the other hand here are the coldest temperatures across our network. >> downstate is 70 now at edwardsville. 71 at columbia illinois. we're just at that time of the year with this lake makes a big difference and the kind of warning that began.warning that we get. you can see the warmer temperatures a little prouwarm air comes in. we will cool off in stages. ford is tomorrow thirties' on sunday. a closer look at temperatures. 67 columbia missouri. 65 at springfield missouri. a 71 going right now in st. louis. it is nice to see temperatures like that. even if they're not right over us. the wind takes over from the southeast except on the north lakeshore. tomorrow at palin northwest wind. we will blow in here during the day tomorrow. that is why we cool off. temperatures, look at the spread

ice formations around the kankakee river caught the photographers attention. he sent us the shot.y really are kind of pretty to look at. speaking of unusual ice formations she parked her snow- covered car in the garage and returned to find that it melted and had three frozen. look carefully. there are what appears to be little tiny icicles extending upward. >> little stalagmites on the sun roof. i do not have the slightest notion why that is happening. look at this exotic when the crystallization pattern. what a beautiful display. he sends us the sun set down there. look at the cloud formation. he calls this an angel son said because the high clouds does look a little bit like an angel. he is back from a trip to vegas. he was out at the pine valley mountains. they're in great shape. the ones for the rest are suffering a drop. the ice coverage is very limited. we have lots of ways.ice. deferment of cloud coverage filtering the sun. you can see the ice and snow coverage down to the south of us. that is the coldest march 3rd since 1884. the ice coverage on the great lakes which might

winter storm warnings are in effect for cook county all way south to kankakee county.his noble and develops. here's the set up at 3:00 this afternoon. >> here's the corridor that will see the heaviest snow. >> the night goes on and start developing patches of sleet and rain and even snow fall. there is the set up at 3 in the morning. southern suburbs >> here's our in- house model. here's a weather service model right here. we will keep an eye on this. this could be one of the three bigger snowfalls that we have seen this season. the center is down in missouri. look at the wind field blowing in. it will initially be very wet snow. at that point you might get some blowing and drifting. look how the wind picks up. this is 6:00 this evening. here's a forecast at midnight tonight. 30-40 mi. per hour wind gust. at the moment it is 42 at soldier field. look how the wind is picking up already. these temperatures are down. we still have 48 going at lake geneva. they have been around 50. temperature starting to come down. a lot of ground in the wake of all of the melting that we

joliet read at 34. 35 in kankakee. you will need your raincoat today but not the heavy stuff. 49 degrees for the high. it will be windy and wet through the day. scattered showers and maybe even a mixed tonight. tamara's high temperature is 46. saturday is 44 with sunshine. >> still ahead, mississippi may be about to execute an innocent woman. >> the bears assign one of the better pass rushers in nfl history. and the men of north korea. they are trending. >> and why would a man attached to his mcdonald's receipt to his forearm? that is next. i want to it doesn't operate out ofwant to basements or back alleys. it grows more sophisticated every day. if it were a business, it would be a fortune 500 company. fraud has evolved. american express intelligent security gives you tools to fight fraud and a global service network that never stops working. so you can be a member of a more secure world. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. the state of mississippi may execute a woman today, for the the decision

here are the wind chills, six degrees in waukegan pier 22 at the lakefront and in kankakee we are at 14. sallet read our composite shows dry conditions through the morning. rain and mixing with snow tonight. as soon as it's time for friday night we have rain coming. it won't be heavy though. today, 41 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. by 9:00 p.m. we are down to 37. tomorrow we will have snow across the region. saturday's high is only 32 spirits of the limit of 39 mostly sunny. >> a what nancy in the studio every day if that what is it takes for a warm-up. we will have a party. >> erin may be watching right now. >> i want both of them. so far traffic looks good. no major delays. keep in mind continuing construction on the eisenhower around more than with the ongoing purge demolition. any over nate with caelian blockages on the eisenhower in both directions. otherwise we are nice and clear. >> a woman was stabbed in wicker park overnight. it happened in the 15 hundred block of north damen ... near the flash taco restaurant. she was stabbed several times on her left side and back. the woman who st

kankakee is warmer. one degree at this hour. current windchill is quite low. -26 in the cal. we have a wind chill advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m.. looking at clearing skies. it will help you cooled down we're seeing that this morning. no snow except a line of snow showers on the flip side of minnesota. it won't get here until tonight. light snow comes late tonight. it could affect us tomorrow morning but it won't be heavy. through tuesday night and wednesday we do have the chance of more accumulation coming our way. today's high temperature is 15. we go back down to 10. tamara's high is 26. wednesday we will see snow the high is under 30. >> still had marcus rolls out the red carpet. >> and of course we will have danced take on the popular song from frozen -- fresh on the heels of an oscar win for best song. that the lot to live up to. so e this has been the worst winter we've had in many years. everywhere you go around chicagoland you hear nothing but complaints. well i say - chicago, it's time to let it go. singing: frozen singing: frozen. the cold never bothered us anyw

down to kankakee its 41. temperatures are mild today. yesterday we were at 57.low 60s today. cloud cover on the increase. we have colder air out to the west on the flip side of a cold front that comes through tonight. expect partly sunny conditions. it will be breezy. gusting between 45 mi. per hour. it will be breezy. 63 degrees is the high. spotty showers may be a thunderstorm tonight. 38 degrees for the overnight low. tuesday, 40 percent chance of rain. wednesday we have a 60 percent chance of rain. only up to 43 degrees. >> still ahead, testing your knowledge of white sox try to kickoff opening day. >> and the end for chelsea lee lee. >> and robert deniro begins a new partnership in chicago. details on that coming up. heres trending online. the only female late night host on american television is moving on. comedian chelsea handler's manager confirms handler plans to leave the e! network at the end of the year. handler has hosted the talk show "chelsea lately" since 2007. her manager says there are options including a radio show or a new talk show on a diff

this temperatures will move but right now it's only 16 in waukegan. 11 in aurora and 19 in kankakee. wind chill has a bite to it. it's one degree in aurora. juliet is currently at 11. some light composite shows like snow is exiting. we move to sunshine today. 20 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. by 9:00 p.m. we're back down to 24. average high is 43. we should be in the low 40's each day around this time of the year. tomorrow increasing clouds. high of 43. saturday potential for snow as rain and snow, for the weekend. how is traffic? >> yesterday was a mess. today is much lighter. not nearly what we saw yesterday. we had some travel times up to two hours yesterday. we do have a fire at main and first expect delays in the stretch of the was the main roads are in good shape so far. >>firefighters worked to put out a fire that started in an industrial building in batavia. it happened around midnight at master cast foundry at first and mallory. the fire became so powerful at one point, parts of the roof collapsed. no one was inside the building at the time. >> i'm very nervous. we are worried about

wind chills are cooler 13 in dekalb. 16 in kankakee. satellite's radar composite has good news. we are dry. we expect to be dry through the day. the cloud deck will move through from the north and the west. the computer model shows the next storm will miss us it will move close to us into portions of wisconsin. but it's a relatively wide ranging storm. we will see some possibly breezy conditions with rain changing to snow from tuesday and wednesday. it should not be heavy this should move out quickly by early wednesday. today, partly cloudy. cooler along the lake. 35 degrees. tonight we go down to 28. are we have a chance of rain into snow. >> a quick update on traffic. we have a little bit of construction on the eisenhower you will be down a few lins. first let's talk about the serious accident overnight that still has knocked down lakeshore drive blocked off between lasalle and belmont with the investigation. eisenhower produce planes between racine and morgan in place until 530. everything else is looking good. >> coming up,and marion hossa returns to lift the blackhawks past

winter storm warning in effect for cook through kankakee county. 10:00 tonight until 1:00 tomorrow. heavy snow in those areas could come down overnight through tomorrow morning right now it's just clouds. a bit of rain could be here in the afternoon. the heaviest snow overnight tonight through the first part of tomorrow by 7:00 rain changes to snow. heavier snow around 3:00. the morning commute will be a mess because the timing is going to be awful. blowing and drifting snow and a morning then taper off to a light snow showers. perhaps some like the fact enhancement in there and maybe some lightning. soulful totals up to four-8 in. across the area including cook county. three-4 in. to the north. as much as 10 in. to the south and east. today, temperatures are falling through the '40's. snow tonight. house traffic? >> it's not too bad. so far so good. earlier overnight fire out there that has been cleared. still staged at 63 and damon. the cleanup continues. expect delays at that intersection. main roads are in good shape so far. >> we are following breaking news on chicago's far sou

to 39 degrees this morning in kankakee. there are a few sprinkles showing up. perhaps a brief shower in northern indiana as well as southwest michigan. not a big deal. what is falling out of the sky will move out over the next few hours. what a day we have. we are headed for the warmest day of the year with high is expected around 55-56. a good deal of sunshine. clouds and we will cool off tonight. there is snow in the forecast for some parts of the area. another warmup leader in the week. perhaps some of that warm air will last for the st. patrick's day parade on saturday. let's check on traffic. >> warming temperatures impacting things on the roads. a lot of the ice and snow is starting to melt. we have some spots where there is standing water. in bound kennedy we have standing water blocking the left lane. that's one of the spots we have heard about so far. watch for that to impact your travel as you head out. irving park and california will continue to watch a fire on irving just west of california. this will impact the number in the irving park cta bus. we

at kankakee junior high its 16. cold temperatures. snow is expected today. a right now we're mostly clear. and knights half moon out there. to the south we have snow in iowa which will miss us. a light hit the snow comes into the evening. about less than an inch in most areas. but is no and it is almost april. 33 today. 19 tonight. tomorrow we may make 26. wednesday its it warm-up at 36. temperatures in the low 60s in time for sunday. >>coming up ... the death toll continues to climb following a we'll have the latest on the search for victims. plus -- clean-up is underway in texas, after a weekend oil spill closed the shipping channel. and -- a new study may explain why some people struggle when it comes to math. we're following breaking news. an update to our top story. 30 people injured after a blue line train derailed and hit a platform at o'hare. these pictures came in from viewers. this happened not long ago. we hear injuries are not life- threatening. we did speak to the chicago fire department at the top of the hour. they do not expect this to be clea

. >> it looks like we have some road closures in kankakee along route 13. that is basically between indian trail and power road. resurfacing work happening there. as the temperatures warm up we will see more and more of these projects popping up in the outlying areas as they try to knock out this work early. one of many that we will see over the next few weeks. >> there's more to come in our next half-hour. including the latest on the cardinal's health. >> and the latest on the murder trial of the blade runner. with a crime scene photographer says. >> and lange at changes after a recall that ge. >> and he of manages to avoid the a suburban police officer died after a car crash -- while on his way to a call. cardinal george has been in the hospital for days -- being treated for flu-like symptoms ... the latest in a *live report. and new evidence offers a twist in the search for the missing airplane. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> 51 degrees today. sometimes the day is good because

wayne, chicago, davenport, or as katy would call it kankakee. then more rain down south.et down there by 6:00 in tevhe evening. anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain from jacksonville to tampa over the next 24 hours. >>> never had a toss quite like that, al. good morning to you. temperatures right no in the 50s and we're going towards the 60s and 70s. we'll hit 71 in san jose. mostly cloudy conditions for most of the day. those clouds will get thicker this afternoon. showers will start to develop in the north bay and this is what we're expecting for your evening commute as a heavier and steadier rainfall moves into the area. al, thanks a lot. why some parents may be putting their infants at risk by using those sound machines to get them to sleep. a look at the big headlines in health after this. mommy's got a surprise for you. [ rattling ] wanna see what's in it? yeah! whoagasp! whoagasp! whoagasp! you wanna make these? you put it in here? yeah, put it in there. ok, just press. i'm gonna give you some m&m's® to put in there. ok! ready? and then you wanna take this... ...put