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he started in august from his home in rockford, will illinois. -- rockford, illinois. >> i figured manyays i could life off of my body fat. when i left indiana, i gained two pounds. that is how well they took care of me. >> reporter: way caught up with him as he passed from maryland into d.c. >> the scenery and people. >> reporter: he's a 70-year-old retired chicago police detective who never served in the military himself. >> and been to getties ber. that is -- gettysburg. that is sacrifice. when you see a tombstone that said 28 unknown. you realize that is what sacrifice is about. they brought a young man with no ams and legs. that is sacrifice. me being a policeman, hi my moments but that is -- i had my moments but that is nothing compared to a person in the military. >> reporter: 1,000 miles can be a long, lonely road. >> it wares on you mentally and -- wears on you meally and physically. >> reporter: he arrived in shanksville, pennsylvania, two weeks ago. >> said a prayer for the people and had that private moment. >> reporter: he's paying his own way so every dime he raises is goi

muriel anderson you can see her tonight performing at the mendelssohn performing arts center in rockfordthey could celebrate thanksgiving ... and that included the team's newest quarterback josh mccown will be the third string quarterback when the bears play the raiders on sunday he is getting a crash course on the bears playbook. he is familiar with the place since he played under offensive coordinator mike martz when both were in detroit josh mccown was actually coaching high school football when jay cutler got injured and the bears came calling >>with it being here and having familiarity with mike's offense i knew there'd be a possibility i might get a call >>the lions were hosting the packers but endomicon soo was giving kicks instead of thanks he got caught in a scuffle with a packer and was ejected from the game that shifted the momentum to the packers who then scored on a 1 yd touchdown run to make it 14-0 aaron rodgers continued his mvp like season with two touchdown passes including this one for 65 yds to james jones the packers won a 27-15 that lions loss could help the bears i

zoo the call hurry resorts in wisconsin dells and other places before she committed suicide and a rockfordoom to left another thing that her son was safe and of degenerating new leaves are police made public additional surveillance video one showing them at key lime cove on may 11th and another showing them checking and at kalahari on the 12th and another one showing them leading a food store in winnebago >>there were also test results found at the rockford martell from the s u v driven by the woman it was in lee and white said county's mostly and northwestern illinois it had been on a gravel road or shoulder and back into a grassy area scientist's role that farmland they believe are pawned a creek or a stream nearby where the vehicle had been >>northwest illinois is full of hikers and canoeists and outdoor enthusiasts we want them to be on the lookout for any of the missing items that belonged to the boy did not touch them to call the police or 911 immediately >>unfortunately police say it's not enough for them to conduct a search of any specific area off the tips from the public could he

snowfall mixing with rainfall west of rockford not going to amount to anything but a sign of how coolnto the area. forecast cloudiness cold tonight. rainfall developing across the area rain at developing windy at colder temperatures down to 39- 37 degrees at wind northeast howling tonight 12-24 degrees. windy much colder tomorrow with gale warnings on the late eighth-10 ft. waves crashing on the shoreline of a bit like levels northeast wind that piling the water. clearing in the afternoon in northern suburbs. high temperature 40 degrees. clearing all areas will be colder temperatures down in the 30's tomorrow night. getting the upper 20s outlying areas. 26 degrees inland. sunny and seasonable with light went on friday by 55 degrees. >> thank you tom skilling. story of life drawn out on the arms and legs of one chicago grandmother. unlikely tattoo enthusiast and later kim kardashian take on her 72 day marriage. get a single bill! what!? yeah, i used kmart layaway. i'm making small payments over 8 weeks. kmart layaway is the easy way to pay with no finance charges! just start with $5, p

school on may 11th visiting a pair of water parks in amy fry-pitzen gurnee-later committed suicide rockford motel leaving a note saying her son recently turned seven years old was safe aurora police call the case frustrating. >> the lack of leads that we have a case obviously we need the community input into the community a nationwide community we need to find out what happened to timmothy pitzen aurora police also leased a lab results on amy fry-pitzen ford explorer. mayor emmanuel down to the nephew of former mayor daley part of a shake-up on the board that owns and operates u.s. cellular field taking action to my investigation how taxpayers still paying for the wealthy owners of the white sox. the bears frustration directed at our findings but the beautiful new watering hole at the u.s. cellular field paid for by taxpayers but the profits not going to taxpayers instead to white sox owner and a restaurant operator former illinois sports authority chairman jim thompson helped broker the deal batt but we said jerry reinsdorf can we have part of the profits and he said no we said ok batt but

and he did an internship in rockford at a financial company that company released a statement this morning expressing sadness and remembering him as an optimistic team player eager to learn. charges seven filed in a violent attack that took place at a red line station. officials of charge 18 year-old scotty strahan with battery those charges stem from an incident caught on video back in april. police say that he was the person caught on video punching an unidentified man at the chicago revenue from line stopped as his friends look on laughing. that figure was taken by the assailants friend to posted it on line. police say that he turned himself an and will appear in court later today >>the country duo sugarland has been named to a lawsuit in the deadly indiana state fair stage collapse. the group was set to perform on the stage collapsed during a storm with strong gusts of wind on august 13, 2007 people were killed the lawsuit is filed on behalf of the estates of four of the deceased and more than 40 survivors lawyers say that sugarland had final say on whether or not to cancel a concert d

the rain does not fall uniformly it will be interesting to see how much we will get rockford may getes by tomorrow afternoon but most areas will be in the upper forties mar night will be down to the 30's we will be into the '50s on friday with lots of sunshine with light wind. things will warm up by saturday. here you see the temperature graphics: don't forget that the clocks go back sunday morning to in the morningat 2:00 a.m. so set those swatches before it go to bed saturday night. we thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon. we are leaving you with more live music from the group chilly alarm they are performing tonight here in chicago schubas

ahead bartlett and rockford by 320 this afternoon there will be snow showers at o'hare ... tomorrow the air will be cold and unstable we will have snow showers during the day tomorrow it will not stick but it's a sign we're getting closer to winter ... here is how much rain came down across the area ... fifth first at this area there are winter storm warnings and advisories for accumulating snow up in madison wisconsin and other parts of the upper midwest and plains states. it will be windy here 40 mi. per hour gusts we are looking at a steep temperature drop ... in eight hours' time will be down about 26 degrees. the cold air tomorrow will move out fairly expeditiously ... there is a warm air bloc developing in the arctic zone that will push down to bring us some warming by the weekend. this is a decidedly different weather pattern than what we have been seeing but we will make it into the fifties this weekend. 49 degrees at midway right now ... the wind is gusting in the southern suburbs ... there is a big storm lifting no. wordrthward valparaiso has had gusts of 46 mi. p

and a statement from the catholic conference of illinois cardinal george and the bishops of joliet rockford peoria springfield in belleville said it governor quinn as report were warding abortion supporters of gov. queens office said he will attend the event and presented award to rape survivor and a victim's advocate the wisconsin state state senate has passed a controversial bill that would require sex education class is to promote abstinence in marriage over contraception. the republican backed bill was approved on a party-line vote of 17-15 and now moves on to the state assembly democrats say the legislation would not allow children to get the information they need to make responsible choices. republicans say that the state's current law requiring contraception information sex education glasses is too explicit and nonjudgmental >>we away that live press conference with randi belisomo on the scene in indian head we will be right back i'm bonnie and this is my cvs. i don't have time for the flu. that's why i'm knocking things off my to-do list. vitamin d -- done. hand sanitizer -- done. h

storm comes from western texas trekking north to southeast kansas by tomorrow morning it goes across rockford wednesday morningit will move east from their and their snow coming down the backside of this system. one to one-and-a-half inches maybe 2 in. in some areas you see here on the map. it's impressive rain. we have a pretty soaking situation. here is the storm center going no. there's a cold northern wind on the backside this will be a severe weather producer for texas and oklahoma and parts of the upper midwest. it will really get windy tomorrow night into wednesday here. mostly cloudy this afternoon with a few scattered showers the high temperature 61 degrees today. tonight it will be cloudy with some showers and thunderstorms developing they could grow heavier later this evening and tomorrow we will be into the '60s and then into the '50s on wednesday with cooler weather. coming up by will have the 7 day forecast ... it's time now for today's trivia question: aren't pico is a type of what woman: day care can be expensive. so to save some money, i found one that uses robots instead of

to look like they would be here taking on rockford, first place in the fourth quarter lamont to jackson 79 yds for the score he survived the frantic finish wins the 7-8 title 21-14. those rich would fans in greenwood did not go home happy he how's it, a $75 for him today and two touchdowns, prairie ridge was its first championship and last but certainly not least joliet the craziest game of the weekend, catholic running back has not made this up he carried the ball for 515 yds and six touchdowns 59 on display 45-42 bob mancini quarterback john brodie 29-454 587 yds and seven touchdowns jordan western camp cot 114331 and five scores. 70- 45. tonight on "america's funniest home videos" -- we're coming out swinging with special guest leonardo decapitated. plus how to protect your child from shrinking and putting the "ow" in "cow." so find a seat you won't fall off. it's time to get cracking. are you up for it? plus $1/10 million tonight, on "america's funniest home videos." who's that knocking on the wall? it's daisy fuentes. thank you! and if he sees his shadow, it's john fugelsang. thank

low temperatures hit the 20s in the suburbs that were shot at harvard and the rockford had to 30 degrees'hare at 46 degrees and midway. 42 degrees mchenry at this hour beautiful skies all over chicago area. snowfall in the wake of the storm in that made a lot of that melted today because temperatures went into the fifties. certainly in the mid-40s in some locations heavy snowpack. frost and freezing conditions in the deep south and a collection of advisories the yellow winter storm watch this storm warnings and winter weather advisories were snow even a red flag warning in california with wind advisories on to the lake on the ocean as the storm system comes to shore and again revving up out west showing you on the uptake, snowfall is going to occur and where it might occur how that might affect us pretty good rainfall on the way here is the chicago forecast looking sliver of a mode tonight partly cloudy south wind to strengthening the tonight. 36-44 degrees south wind increasing. tomorrow beautiful day partly sunny when the warmer november 1st high temperature 62 degrees at o'hare airpor

. >> reporter: matt spackle was born in rockford, illinois. >> jimmy: thank you so much for playing.over. hey, pal. what is your name and where are you from? >> drew, and sudbury, massachusetts. >> jimmy: very good, welcome. welcome to the show, buddy. all right, here we go, drew. let's "name that guy." ♪ [ thunder ] >> jimmy: hey-o. you know what that sound means, it's time for the lightning round. okay, we'll show you up to eight guys -- one at a time. answer as quickly as possible. there is no penalty for a wrong answer. >> okay. >> jimmy: you get one guess per guy, so make them count. remember, every right answer gets $1,000. >> great. >> jimmy: ready? 20 seconds on the clock. and "name that guy." >> ah, leif thor fenton. [ buzzer ] >> jimmy: leif thor, no. >> romeo goldbright. [ buzzer ] roscoe gilbert. [ buzzer ] albert patrick. [ buzzer ] nathaniel jacobs. [ buzzer ] uh -- [ buzzer ] >> jimmy: nah -- yeah, he stumped you. the last guy stumped you. you missed all of them for a total score of zero. [ laughter ] we were looking for in order -- roger dowd, clive dichon, roscoe noo

you realize that is what sacrifice is really b they brought a young man home to rockford with no arms and legs, that is sacrifice. me being a policeman, i had my moments but nothing compared to the american in the military. >> reporter: 1,000 miles can be a long, lonely road. >> it wears out mentally as much as physically because you miss your family, you're far away from home. >> reporter: he arrived in shanksville, pennsylvania two weeks ago. >> said a prayer for the people, some a private moment. >> reporter: szpicki is paying his open way so every dime he raises goes to the wounded warriors. >> people that have taken care of me, people who have encouraged me, brought me into their homes even though i was a stranger to give me a nice rest. >> reporter: a small sacrifice compared to fighting a war but still much appreciated. in georgetown, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> that man will be walking here to our studio later this morning. he will join us in our 9:00 hour. >>> a surprise dip in the pool for an 86-year-old woman. she didn't plan it. well, extra pretty much explains what happen

started in august from his home in rockford, illinois. >> i gained 10 pounds before i started.ys i could live off my body fat. when i left indiana, i gained two pounds. that's how well they had taken care of me. reporter: we caught up with szpicki as he passed from maryland through d.c. he's a 70-year-old retired chicago police detective who never served himself. >> been to gettysburg. that's sacrifice. when you see a tombstone that says 28 dead unknown. you realize that's what sacrifice is really about. they brought a young man home with no arms and legs. that's sacrifice. me being a policeman, i had my moments, but it had nothing compared to a person in the military. reporter: 1,000 miles can be a long lonely road. >> it wears on you mentally as much as physically because you miss your family, you're far away from home. reporter: he arrived in shanksville, pennsylvania, two weeks ago. >> said a prayer for the people, had a private moment. reporter: szpicki is paying his own way so every dime i raises goes to the wounded warriors. >> people that have taken care of me, people t

rockford >>reporter: free shipping is pretty much a given on monday. lot of retailers are offering 30 to 50% off on some items. many retailers are offering special deals during lunch time to cater to people at work. car drew him toward >>james: and warthog record record isn't any not for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. everything's different now. sometimes i feel all alone. christmas used to be my favorite. i just don't expect anything. what if santa can't find me? to help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. have been fought against fine. let us go on citing you a quick look at the golden gate bridge. it is foggy out there. there is really dense fog in some spots. that is why we have the fog advisory for just about the entire bay area will have your full details ahead. politics with the decision 2012. an unusual debate topic fo

police in rockford, illinois, say two teenagers attacked her on the street. grabbed her purse.m both down. >> they can't mess with you? >> no, don't even try. it is a

bonnie runs a rushmore consumer credit resource center in rockford city. she'll explain the work she does and assistance she provides to the families stationed in ellsworth and to members of the national guard. admiral, abbot, thank you for being part of the hearing. we look forward to your testimony and importance of financial readiness and the work of the navy marine corp. society. we're also joined by retired major general kevin bergner and mr. frank pollack from the credit union. thank you all for your service to the country. both the pentagon federal credit union serve a large network of military consumers and they do an outstanding job in meeting the committee's needs. thank you to both of you for being here, part of today's hearing. in closing, i would like to recognize our veterans and the military and thousands of military personnel continuing to serve in harm's way in defense of our country. i'm grateful for their service. throughout my time in congress, it's been my highest priority to assist our service members and veterans. as chairman of the