in uptown, sean lewis, wgn news. >> the nephew of the former mayor will make his first appearance in eight courtroom tomorrow. he has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> he was processed at 26 and california on friday. he was not booked into the county jail. his whereabouts tonight are unknown. tomorrow he is due in court for the first time >> richard vanecko is facing a count of involuntary manslaughter. he was processed at the leighton criminal court building, friday afternoon. police took his mugshot...and his fingerprints. the 38 year old nephew of former mayor richard daley...now lives in costa mesa, california. the charge stems from the death of david koschman. during an altercation on division street... koschman was knocked to the ground.. hit his head..and later died. that was in 2004. with a special prosecutor -- dan webb-- appointed in april... a special grand jury....re- examined the case. and..the indictment came down, last monday... the grand jury concluding: vanecko "recklessly performed acts ... likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another.." that f

in east chicago, sean lewis wgn news. >> police are asking for help from the public and finding the man who fired shots into a home where children were sleeping. it happened early this morning. police say bullet went through a wall in struck a mattress where one of two children was sleeping. no one was injured. police suspect the shooting is part of an ongoing gang feud. they have increased patrols in the area >> a fire this morning at a senior housing high-rises sent to people to the hospital. an 87 year-old suffered burns to 25 percent of his body. the 67 year-old was in fair condition. the blaze broke out about 10:00 in the morning in an eighth floor room. fire officials are still looking into the cause >> charges were filed against the mother and aunt of two children killed in a deadly fire on saturday morning in englewood. tatiana and britany meakens are facing felony child endangerment and other charges. tatiana meakens is the mother of two year old javaris and 3 year old jariyah meakens. britany meakens is their aunt. police say the children were left unsupervised in the home and

i'm sean lewis in for steve sanders. and i'm cortney hall in for dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. it's our top story. a bears victory over the lions was was not enough to keep lovie smith employed. matt forte rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown, while the defense forced six turnovers. the bears won 26- to- 24, and finished the season ten- and- six. but the vikings beat the packers to secure the sixth and final playoff spot over the bears. let's go live to halas hall where wgn's rich king is. hey rich. he is a out of there is a good coach. confirmed about an hour ago after stories broke this morning. after nine years as coach of the bears. missing the playoffs five out of the last six years did him in. a nine year career here in chicago. it began pretty well. he was coach of the year his second year. he is always in charge of the defense. the defense did well over the years. he had no offense. the offense struggled this year. it was hoped to be better. it did not work out that way. it even