bed surrounded by her kids her husband and her siblings very comfortable look to carry angelic steve sanders looking back at her life and the impact on the city. >> warm and engaging smile never the slightest hint of the private battle fought as asince 2002 first diagnosed with cancer in her right breast already spread from her body >> so grateful beyond words. the good wishes the kindness the concern and especially the prayer's >> something she would live with every day she never allowed to define her life greatly shrugging off questions about her health struggles she faced >> i would like people to know there is so much good how healthy i feel and am undergoing treatment but here i am and i feel great >> spring 2009 mrs. daly health deteriorating leg crisis side effect >> new medical setbacks >> metal rod in her leg had to be replaced in and out of hospital several times in the final weeks of her husband's off office well up to be there by his side when he left city hall for final time >> public person cancer center northwestern that will be her legacy >> one week before thanksgiving maggi

good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web nancy loo is live in dekalb with the top story >>police will not confirm that they have made an arrest they are only confirming that there is a significant development in the murder case which has shattered the agee family who is planning for a funeral rather than their traditional thanksgiving >>close family friends drove the family to the campus this morning for a counseling session ... the family is devastated their youngest son was president of a fraternity and about to graduate in may >>we send our kids to school to be prosperous and life not to have to come and see them on a slab at the coroner's office >>22 year-old steven agee was shot and killed early this morning attending a party off- campus the gunman fled the party packed with dozens of people celebrating have a thanksgiving break it's not clear why an argument broke out between the two but the family notes that it hardly matters n

good afternoon i am steve sanders and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. chicago's former first lady passed away last night in her home surrounded by former mayor richard daley and her children prior to her death maggie daley dedicated herself to children's issues and the arts here in chicago she also gained admiration of many during her hard-fought battle with cancer here's a look back at her life and impact on this city. she was diagnosed with cancer in her right breast and that had spread throughout her body >>i am grateful for the kindness and concerned the good wishes and the prayer ... >>while the cancer was something she would live with every day she never allowed it to define her life should bravely shrugged off questions about her health >>i would like people to know that there's a much good going on and i feel very healthily even though i am still under treatment but here i am and i feel great >>but by 2009 her health began to deteriorate she suffered a leg fracture as a result of treatment and then she

good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair.ome our viewers for watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's judy wang has details on the new surveillance video from our >>they've examined it cellphone records and financial records and others and still no indication of what happened to timothy pitzen police are hoping the release of lab test results and new video will change this >>with the lack of leads that we have in the case obviously we need the community and put and that's a nationwide community we need to find what happened to timothy pitzen >>the boy recently turned 7 years old he was last seen in aurora on may 7th surveillance video shows his mother amy fry- pitzen taking him from school and the days that followed the mother and the sun visited the brookfield zoo the call hurry resorts in wisconsin dells and other places before she committed suicide and a rockford hotel room to left another thing that her son was safe and of degenerating new leaves are police made public additional surveillance vi

a bank krupp worker was ambushed as he walked into work could afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. nancy loo is live on taylor street with more on this developing story >>the employee arrived for work at 9 this morning the employee was entering a back entrance when attacked by a man armed with a box cutter demanding money and he got away with an undisclosed amount of cash it is unclear who the employee is or how many workers were here at the bank but at least one customer was in the bank at the time and she got out safely ... >>neighbors are wondering why a small bank in a busy neighborhood would be targeted ... >>now i have to make sure i will lock the doors things are starting to happen ... >>law enforcement officials issued a warning that there would be an increased likelihood of bank robberies this time of year ... >>the suspect was seen fleeing down an alleyway >>the mother of an elementary school student is upset that school officials did not call her when two stud

good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers for watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's randi belisomo has more details on her resignation ... >>the teacher noticed the student having behavioral problems and offered to tutor him after school off the sessions began in the classroom then move to a restaurant and soon he was living with her at home >>the school board removed the teacher from her classroom and september when they learned the boy was living with her without their knowledge it came about through a freedom of information act filed by the chicago tribune ... officials will not disclose the boy's identity but he did attend hoffman estates haskell the relationship began last year with a tutoring session but even after his grades improved the two of them continue to meet throughout the summer going to movies and out to eat. the teacher suggested the boy moved in when the parents were talking about moving the area he told friends that he was living with his godmother when the school district learned about this a social wo

good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>muriel clair is live at the federal court with our top story >>after more than three year wait to learn his fate is over tony rezko is going to prison for 10 years 56 year-old tony rezko was a top adviser and fund-raiser for disgraced former gov. rod blagojevich he extorted millions of dollars from firms seeking to do business with the state prosecutors considered calling him to testify against rod blagojevich but he was never put on the stand his attorney asked that he be given a lesser sentence for time served and his willingness to testify but the prosecutors called him a malignant citizen not subject to public disclosure but in a position to profit off of taxpayer money ... in a statement before the judge he said he deeply regretted the situation and accepted full responsibility he said he abused his inside position of power ... the judge said that his actions were not tolerable. >>he looke

it afternoon i am steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. nancy loo is live on the south side with more >>there were two attacks last night one was here at this bus stop >>someone had me from behind upside the head >>this man said he was just waiting for a bus at south shore just after 8:00 last night when he was jumped from behind by at least five guys >>i tried to fight back with my cane ... >>the cain was not enough to prevent the gang from taking off with the man's i-pod and cellphone though one of the suspect's came back to return the phone and the bus pass >>katy 762 blocks away there was another victim robbed of his wallet >>the first victim help the police to identify to the three suspects that in no being held >>i told them it was a stupid thing to do jump on somebody like that >>the man suspected that the suspects were seeking revenge for something and was a case of mistaken identity >> columbia college is issuing a warning after a student

recover from a sickening sex abuse scandal which cost the job of joe paterno that afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the web we go to julian crews with details >>joe paterno offer to step down over this season at the end of this season but the board of trustees took action yesterday >>joe paterno effective immediately is no longer head football coach here at penn state >>the bombshell announcement touched off a wave of a motion on this penn state campus where joe paterno loyalists were outraged that the winningest coastcoach had to step down immediately thousands protested last night the crowd got ugly rolling over in new struck state police in riot gear had to disperse the crowd using pepper strippray.. >>critics are lashing out at the turnout and his staff for not doing more ... saying that the allegations were known about jerry sandusky and nothing was done sandusky was charged with molesting eight boys over a 10 year span ... joe paterno spoke to supporters that converged on his home >>get a

could afternoon i am steve sanders.i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us run the country on wgn america and on the web. if police and fire are on the scene at o'hare airport in at the united express gates terminal one for a suspicious package. they have a hazardous material response team there is an unconfirmed reports that there was one explosion that injured one person we have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you more as that becomes available. >>our other top story we are moments away with a verdict in the williamcellini trial the federal jury has reached a decision and it's being read in court. the prosecutors presented evidence for three weeks williamcellini the businessman and illinois power brokers facing charges of fraud and attempted extortion he's accused of conspiring to shake down a hollywood producer for one-and- a-half million dollars campaign contribution to former governor rod blagojevich's he has denied the charges jurors have decided on four counts will have the verdict

good afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. muriel clair joins us live from metra headquarters with details >>the good news is that there will be no service cuts but riders will have to dig deeper into their puck getspockets ... beginning in february one-way tickets will go up 15.7 per cent across all fare zones others will go up 30percent metro riders are looking at an overall 25% jump in fares >>by using capital funds intended to pay for equipment and infrastructure to pay for drug budget shortfalls the can has been kicked down the road according to the mayor's office ... >>this reiterates what we found on our survey people did not want to see service cuts so we hope that we as a board as well as metra staff continues to put the interest of the writer's first and foremost making every effort to provide them with better quality service >>metra is planning and information blitz all the new fares will be posted at metra stations throughout the city and you'll find information on all fut

good afternoon i'm steve sanders and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching a ceramic country on wgn america and on the web. >>funeral services are being held today for a chicago area servicemen killed in afghanistan ... lance corporal nick daniels grew up in elmwood park and attended high school on the northwest side muriel clair is live outside of st. patrick high-school where students are honoring the fall and marine >>fall on marineen marine >>nick daniels hill only ban in afghanistan for two months ... on sunday friends and relatives turned out in large numbers for his wake. he had been an outstanding linebacker on the st. patrick's high school football team as well as a coach there ... already in memory the students of the high school are lining the sidewalks along the route to the cemetery holding american flags ... they prepared to watch the passing funeral procession ... nick daniels returned to his, moderate to coach the football team ... and the school feels they really owe him a big debt of gratitude ... the students are waiting here to pay their respects .

good afternoon i'm steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching a ceramic country on wgn america and on the web. >>randi belisomo is live in the indian head park with the latest >>we just got word that police will be having an update news conference in about 15 minutes but at this point they are not confirming nor are they denying reports but we do hope to have some news soon the chicago tribune sights anonymous sources about a suspect in custody being questioned in the stabbing death of kelly o'laughlin police believe she walked down on a home invasion in progress at her home ... the task force has been working nonstop following up on hundreds of leads police released an artist sketch of the suspect and an image of the rare coins stolen from home so that gold buyers an area pawnbrokers could be on the lookout ... friends remembered the girl as one who loved to play tennis with her father ... the family has not spoken to the media but in a statement that thank everyone for their condolenc

>>good afternoon i am steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web >>muriel clair is live at the news conference >>benjamin robbins in 28 years old whose wife is an employee at the fedex facility ... robinson at 8:00 this morning went to the facility and began shooting he commandeered a vehicle inside the facility let the driver out he shot himself afterward ... employees beginning the work they were told to leave the building some of them shared what happened >>at 8:00 this morning the call was made to evacuate someone got past security with a gun we were told to evacuate their rounded up the people that i supervise we ran out the side door and by then we heard gunshots inside of the building that made us run even faster we ran about 2 mi. to the factory next door we were all secured their >>we are in the building washing our trucks and the next thing we know we are being waived out of the building someone grabbed my truck and started to shoot we ran. >>after that everybody was scared we were hiding with in

never identified now investigators find have a name enclosure for one family that afternoon i'm steve sanders >>and i'm dina bair that story in just a minute but first we have breaking news, faugh conrad murray sentenced today to four years in prison faugh judge michael pastor said he will not grant probation for doctor conrad murray he said that conrad murray engaged in medical madness with michael jackson and was reckless in his use of propofal, >>back to our other top story muriel clair is live at the daley center with more on the identification of the john wayne gacy 19th victim >>most of these victims were identified by using dental records at the time but eight of those victims remained unidentified until the cook county sheriff's office were able to exhume the remaining victim's bodies for more sophisticated dna technology through a lab in texas ... this effort has brought results seven of these eight victims remain unidentified ... victim 19 who was the 19th victim pulled from the crawlspace has now been identified >>victim 19 was william george bundy. he was in 19 year-old man who wa

chicago-area woman who accused him of sexual harassment is speaking out again today good afternoon i'm steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the web. julian crews has our top story ... >>sharon bialek is doing more interviews with various media outlets today ... in yesterday's heavily anticipated rebuttals herman cain went on the offensive >>now the democrats machine in america has brought forth a troubled woman to make false accusations ... >>that's what going on this man has total and asia pathological liars usually do these things ... >>she said that she knew herman cain and his supporters would tear down ... bringing up per financial troubles and instability with her career ... but that does not change what happened 14 years ago ... now comes word of another accuser set to go public the treasury department spokeswoman said that she too was subjected to ongoing sexual harassment at the hands of her boss and restaurant association chief herman cain as a result that woman said she was given a $46,000 payment by the a

good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair.ome our viewers who are watching us around the country and wgn america and on the web ... the bears have been on a roll with a five game winning streak and an inside track to the playoffs. but the excitement is tempered by the news of jay cutler century the bears beat the san diego chargers 31-20 at soldier field yesterday to stay ahead of the playoff race but jay cutler broke the thumb on his throwing hand while trying to make a tackle after an interception late in the game he will have surgery and could be out between six and eight weeks with to six games left in the regular season is now up to backup quarterback caleb hanie to try to steer the bears into the playoffs >>he's the guy we turn to for premature everything but callebs will define will be figene we will have more on that prey later in the newscast ... the bears fans are reacting to the possibility that jay cutler may be lost for the season julian crews has been speaking to fans all morning about what the loss of cutler mea

one of those victims is from the chicago area that afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on the elegiac america and on the web >>julian crews has the latest and our newsroom >>there is pressure mounting even within the gop for herman cain to address these claims once and for all. >>the woman from chicago the first accuser to go public sharon bialek said that she went to herman cain 14 years ago after getting laid off from her chicago-based job with the national restaurant association ... but instead of getting help she said she got the shock of her life >>" he reached over he put his hand on my lake under my skirt and reached for my genitals he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch >>: her fiancee said that she's not trying to capitalize on the scandal financially >>there is no money motive to this she has the same political interests as herman cain in terms of the republican party >>she did not know that he would be at the tea party convention and she claims that she confr

the afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. the lead defense robert jordan is live at city hall with our top story. >>when you walk around city hall and talk about the budget they are quick to tell you hear how difficult it was to come up with a budget compromise in order to balance it >>it's going to pass with a new understanding of accountability and responsibility >>in order to pass this one alderman and council members had to agree on a $6.3 billion city budget holding their noses and closing their eyes as they swallowed the bitter pill >>i'm still sitting here reeling over the cuts we had to make to health clinics and libraries these are tough decisions >>deb mellick mell is a veteran who has seen many budgets come through ... he knows a tough budget this time will pave the way for easier budgeting in the future >>hopefully will will get to the point where there will be no pain in the future >>reaching an agreement

good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>robert jordan is live at area 2 police headquarters with our top story ... >>police are still holding at person of interest but we don't know what's going on at the moment this is about that triple homicide that occurred 5:00 saturday afternoon neighbors around that area 87 and king drive are visibly upset considering the random nature of the shooting >>21 year-old chandra thompson had just pulled into the parking lot of churches chicken so that she could go to the bakery next door to get a big birthday cake for her two year-old daughter ... when she returned to the car someone brandished a weapon and shot up the car three people in the car were killed >>they were in the bakery they came out of the bakery they were in the car and then this guy came out of nowhere and he shot the car up it was intentional. >>today we're here because we want to pass out fliers in the community