high schools in southwest suburban plainfield could soon have specially designed safes...re police can store rifles in case of emergency. wgn's amy rutledge reports on the controversial proposal: the police chief says this may be necessary in the event of a school shooting ... he wants one in each of the four high-school ... according to the web page for the district he would like to lock the rifles in the school's only to be accessed by the officer on the premises ... it will also likely include a long gun which is more accurate from long distance it would be more useful in a school shooting situation school officers already carry sidearms in this instance it would be a assault rifle to put the schools ahead of the curve when it comes to school safety but much needs to be worked out in this proposal ... many students say more guns in the buildings are not the answer >>i don't think it would help i am not a big supporter of guns i don't believe it would be beneficial to bring bigger guns into the schools ... it promotes insecurity among the students >>others have told me a

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playing time and they want a safe plainfield. there is an alternative to golden gate park that has not been adequately explored. also, i feel that the eir was also quite inadequate. when i first moved into my house 26 years ago, i could hear the birds that night honking, it was beautiful. a lot of, poetic, romantic. i do not hear those birds any more. this was the shore bird migratory pathway along ocean beach right here. flights, these appalling lights will affect the habitat including the migratory birds. another thing that has not been talked about too much as the wind. in 26 years i have seen the wind increase of two hurricane levels. the house -- a three out -- three story house across from my house had a scaffold elected by professional contractors. a blow of the building a year ago. it blew off the building. the fire department had to come, it was a very dangerous situation. the wind is hellacious. park and rec talk about family activities. there's not many family activities when it is freezing. it is freezing cold and unb

it's a proposal put forth by the plainfield police chief who wants to keep the guns in specialized gun safes in the schools. the chief says an ar-15 is more accurate than a handgun at long distances and says quote "active shooter incidents are no longer something we see on t-v. they are reality." here's what some students told us: >> i personally don't think it helps anything because i am not a big supporter of guns. i don't think that it would be beneficial to bring bigger guns in the school. that will make people think that they are not safer and they might want to bring guns themselves. >> there really isn't any gang violence around here. >> school officials will consider >> with class in session gunfire erupts near a school on the south side, leaving two people injured. the shooting happened at 72nd and state this afternoon near deneen elementary school. a 21-year-old man was shot in the hand, and a 26-year-old man hurt in the face, not shot. chicago police believe it may have been part of a robbery attempt. children were in class at deneen during the shooting and school officials

crews got to the scene on the 2400 block of plainfield road. police are not releasing any other information. learn the name of the man shot by police earlier this weekend. if his name is oba mitchner. chris responded to a call about shots fired in the -- of in westport. the man was firing his handgun when police arrived. he engaged officers and that was when they shot him. charges are pending. a man many consider to be a pioneer in canton has died. 49-year-old patrick skunny --- was killed when a bicycle collided with a city bus. happened friday night on ocean city. the circumstances surrounding the accident are under investigation. back in 1994, he helped to revitalize the canton community with the opening of a mexican restaurant. the success of that restaurant would spawn mama's on the halfshell in canton. >> he touched a lot of lives. >> funeral arrangements have been made for wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. inside the cathedral of mary our claim. he leaves behind a wife and two children. and howard county, the final victory -- victim in the

we clearly do not have enough plainfield's in the city. anyone can go out to treasure island or marina green to see that there is not enough sports fields in the city. i prefer to play on grass and -- than turf. there needs to be a balance and there is balances being made everybody in golden gate park, in recreation and park areas. we have the beach chalet in the same naturalistic area. we have the clubhouse, we have the zoo, we have a roadway that acts as a highway and a parking lot. there are things that we need to do that are not purely naturalistic elements. i think the question that is here before us is, is it consistent with the local coastal plan and the goals and policies set forth in the local coastal plan? i agree that what was written in the planning department's brief that you have to look at these holistic play and we can parse words in each but if you do look at it, it talks recreation and i think -- about recreation and the most pertinent fact is that these are soccer fields now and what we're trying to do is improve the use

crews got out to the scene on the 2400 block of plainfield roh. police are not lee releasing any information. we have learned the name of the man shot by police earlier this weekend. police say after 10:00 p.m. friday night, crews responded to a call about shots fired in the 2400 block in westport. when police arrived, they found a man firing his handgun. he fired towards officers. and that is when they shot him. a man many consider to be a pioneer in canton has died. patrick skunny was killed when the bicycle he was riding collided with a city bus. happened friday along coastal highway in ocean city. the circumstances surrounding the accident are under investigation. in 1994, he helped to revitalize the canton community with the opening of his mexican restaurant. >> he touched a lot of lives. i feel like to host a funeral for him he would have to have it with everyone, you have to have it at m&t bank stadium. for real. >> fiori arrangements have been made for wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. inside the cathedral of mary our queen. the final victim

the findings of the recreation and park department's 2008 synthetic plainfield task force should be -- playing field task force should be removed. the fact that the ecosystem citigroup did not prepare a formal written summary. am concerned about the conflict of interest of those who selected the data that was included in the eir. this is the third time i testified about the inadequacies of the data used in this eir. what will it take to convince city departments that only scientifically valid studies that have been peer reviewed or published in peer review journals should be included in their's? please understand without valid studies you cannot draw valid conclusions. thank you. president hwang: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, conditioners -- commissioners. i want to talk about the dark sky issues. san francisco and is nearly unique in that it has a significant dark star resources along its ocean coast. the sky is dark enough that a rich variety of star clusters, nebulas, and galaxies are visible with small telescopes and binoculars or even with the unaided eye. one can ev

which was started in 2006 in response to clear data that the city faced a critical shortage of plainfield facilities. the 2004 study found san francisco needed 65 additional play fields to meet demand in 2004 and the greatest need was between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. on weekdays. that is not surprising when you consider the huge and growing popularity of team sports in san francisco. 12,000 kids play soccer on our plate fields -- play fields. from all across the city, all neighborhoods from the bayview to chinatown, from the excelsior to the sunset, in the last six years, 1800 more kids are playing and we have 148 more teams -- teens to accommodate -- teams to accommodate. this is -- and realistic in our acquisition of land or conversion of existing open spaces and amenities are cost prohibitive and unsustainable. we have to find a way to get more out of our existing soccer fields. working with park state holders and -- stakeholders, we developed a strategy. we want to review our permitting system. we partnered with the school district and we have begun installing synthetic turf fields at

the soccer players want more playing time and they want a safe plainfield. there is an alternative to golden gate park that has

the soccer players want more playing time and they want a safe plainfield. there is an alternative to golden gate park that has not been adequately explored. also, i feel that the eir was also quite inadequate.

the land falling storms that affected chicago: this is the 22nd anniversary of the devastating plainfield weather in this area as well ... sunshine today we are looking at a heat wave later this week ... if this storm remnant situation makes its way north ... we may see tropical cyclone activity will be interesting to see how it will affect us ... sunny and warm today with hazy skies 84 degrees the high- temperature tonight foggy with scattered clouds elsewhere ... mostly sunny hazy handwarmer tomorrow the high-temperature 87 we will reach 93 degrees on thursday 94 degrees friday ... that's a direct result of what's happening with isaac in the gulf. we will get a warm and intoaugust ending for this month of august time now for today's trivia question: who was the first republican presidential candidate? a. henry clay b. john c. fremont i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can h

later in the day, the owner of a plainfield gun shop and shooting range testified that vaughn used the range twice including the night before the murders. prosecutor's wrapped up the day questioning a former exotic dancer vaughn had contact with in the weeks leading up to the murders. she said vaughn told her he was single with no children. saint louis police are now questioning two people about the murder of megan boken, a former volleyball star from wheaton. the possible breaks come as family and friends said goodbye to her today. wgn's julian crews has more on how she was remembered. >> we arrested two suspects for the homicide. >> st. louis police chief announced as what he describes as a successful resolution of the case. he is not releasing the names of the suspects. they say the man both of them a teen years of age will go before a jury tomorrow to be charged. the mayor said his sympathy goes out to the family. the west suburban resident who was slain days before she was going to college. >> nothing worries me more when i go to sleep at night and wake up every morning and i thin

police are investigating a stabbing in dundalk that happened early this morning in the 2400 block of plainfield road. the victim was flown to john's hopkins with life-threatening injuries. the meantime, in southwest baltimore, what was reported as a cutting has become a homicide. police arrived at the 600 block of brisbane avenue friday morning and found 79-year-old lindale carrington suffering from stab wounds. detectives believe the victim had been engaged in a confrontation with a male suspect. police say the suspect armed himself with a sharp object and stabbed carrington in the torso, then fled the scene. carrington was taken to shock trauma but later died. police in new york city have confirmed that all nine people injured during a dramatic shootout between police and a gunman outside the empire state building were all wounded by police gunfire. officers killed the gunman accused of shooting a former co-worker to death moments earlier. the police commissioner says ballistic tests and evidence confirms those wounded were hit by stray or ricocheting police bullets. >> take care of your teet

the plainfield police chief wants his officers to have an ar-15 semiautomatic rifle locked in schoolschool shooting. the chief says the ar-15 gives greater accuracy at greater range than other firearms. some say the does send the very wrong message to students. >> we, as a police department, myself as a parent, look at it as another tool for the officers to effectively respond if that worst case scenario does happen. >> what's the likelihood that an innocent party will be injured or killed if they to the gun. i am opposed to guns in schools at all. >> the police chief says there is no intelligence suggesting a threat. this is all about being prepared. interesting topic. that brings us to our facebook question of the day, are schools and police overreacting to potential for campus violence? let us know at wnnfans.com. expect a lot of reaction. >> we look forward to your feedback. >>> and a new biography about the life of joe paterno reveals that paterno and jerry sandusky despised each other. the book "paterno" says there was tension between the two before sandusky was accused of mole

. >> carlton wright says he takes the rage he learned on the streets in plainfield, new jersey, and pours it into rap. now he's one of more than 2,000 inmates at the wabash valley correctional facility in southwestern indiana. >> yeah, i had a great home, a great mother. you know what i mean? but by the same token, when i step outside my front door, it's the jungle. coming home from school, you may get into a fight, you may get jumped, you may get shot, you know what i mean, may get harassed by the police, but when you grow up around that, it becomes normal. you get accustomed to it, and some may make it out of the neighborhood, if you can see an alternative lifestyle. but so many get consumed in a lifestyle that leads to prison or death. the street don't give you too many bright endings, man. i ran the streets, man. i did the street life. i'm in here washing clothes by hand and eating bull [ bleep ] chicks like that on the street. i wear my white t-shirt one time and throw it away and buy a new one. you make do with what you've got in prison, you know? the things you think you'll never d

it happened early this morning in the 2400 block of plainfield road.ctim was flown to john hopkins by medevac with life-threatening injuries. and in south baltimore, police arrived at the 600 block of brisbane avenue friday morning and found 79-year-old lindale from stab suffering wounds. detectives believe the victim was engaged in a verbal and physical confrontation with a male suspect. police say the suspect armed himself with a sharp object and stabbed carrington in the torso, then fled the scene. carrington was taken to shock trauma and later died. >> to new york city where officials this morning have confirmed all nine people injured during a dramatic shootout between police and a gunman outside the empire state building were wounded by police gunfire. >> one day after jeff johnson ignited a firestorm of bullets, detectives were back at the empire state building interviewing witnesses, looking for more answers. >> i saw everybody running inside the building and it was chaos. >> security video shows what tourists and commuters were caught in the m

police are investigating a stabbing in dundalk that happened early this morning in the 2400 block of plainfieldhe victim was flown to john's hopkins with lightning life-threatening injuries. police arrived at the 600 block of brisbane avenue friday morning and found 79-year-old lindale carrington suffering from stab wounds. detectives believe the victim was engaged in a confrontation with a male suspect. the suspect armed himself with a sharp object and stabbed carrington in the torso, then fled the scene. carrington was taken to shock trauma and later died. we are told there's a person of interest in the case. in howard county, the final victim in the train derailment laid to rest. family and friends gathered saturday to remember rose mayr as bethany united methodist church in ellicott city. mayr and her friend, elizabeth nass, were killed when sitting on a train bridge when the cars derailed. >> in a tragedy like this, things don't make sense to us. we ask god how to guide us. >> according to autopsy reports, both girls died from asphyxiation due to the coal that toppled over >> good morning,

he was attacked at plainfield road in dundalk. that was about 3:45 sunday morning. officers are working to determine what led up to that stabbing. let's check on the morning commute. a school could have an impact on the roads. >> we are starting to see the normal delays fall into place after a nice break from the summertime weather patterns. we're reporting on an accident in the forestal region. if you're traveling there, watch for that. eastern ave, watch for crashed in rosedale. on a side, delays developing from harford towards dulaney valley. watch foreclosures in the city from hanover street to. and lombard. monument street shut down towards patterson park. accident just in on southbound 97 just prior to general's highway. quick live look at traffic. heavy volume from belair road all the way over to dulaney valley. we will switch over to a live view of the j.f.x. running smoothly from the beltway down into town. >> 72 at martin state airport, pikesville, 71. 71 degrees in pasadena. the 70's for the kids to head off to school. we're checking high temperatures in

. >> as the landscapes changing over the last couple weeks and the plainfield starts to get more certain going in places they did not think it would have to play as hard a in, and the resources they have allotted for certain states, they have to shift to other places. >> i have a question. the villa facebook -- via facebook. it looks like he may not be a fan. the question as -- what qualifies paul ryan as vp? a specific achievements? can he reached across party lines or is he just another idealark? >> they will tell you he is a good guy? he has worked on a bipartisan basis with the democrats. what i like about paul ryan is he makes wisconsin achievable for mitt romney. are there more practical reasons? we can talk about that in a second. this is a first-generation [inaudible] to be on the ticket. i think they will like the energy he brings to the ticket. everything about him speak to his middle-class values. he went to public university. he had to be a leader in his family at a young age when his dad passed away. he's a catholic. catholics are an important swing vote particularly in stat