avenue. 83-year-old lewis rocca was accompanied by his 80-year-old wife and an officer when he returned to the scene of the attack. he did not want to talk about the incident which brought police rushing to the home at around 4:35 this morning. the couple woke up to an intruder in their bedroom. he was said to be dressed in all black with a skeleton mask. the man was hit in the head with a baseball bat. his wife was not hurt and not clear if the intruder got away with anything. incident has some residents a little rattled. a little alarmed i suppose. i mean, it s chicago. what do you expect. we had 50 shootings two weekends ago. everyone is a little alarmed. this is unusual for our neighborhood. again, the 83-year-old victim is back home and apparently in good condition. lewis rocca is pretty well- known in chicago s well respected architecture community. we have designed all over the city including the west lawn branch of the chicago public library. we are live in the la
to mind the fireworks new format. after 35 years of hosting a fireworks celebration on july 3, the city of chicago said often said on the fourth this year at three separate synchronized shows. on the north side near montrose beach here at navy pier and on the south side at 63 street beach. that s where some folks ran into trouble when they the parking lot was closed. leslie hairston reserved it for those attending an antiviolence rally she was hosting. 100 spots were blocked in all making it tough for those who had to 20e9 their belongings from afar to get a prime viewing spot. the police officers i spoke to at the gate said you can come in and load this up but take yawr car out of here. the alderman is having a party. the alderman of this ward should still not have let that happen. there still should have been notices letting us know where this year will be different. police superintendent jody weis says city officials will be discussing the parking complaint when they
the paper work has been completed today, john burge is free to return to his home in florida. immediately. as soon as they are finished he will be able to go back and to await his sentencing. john burge was back in court today for a bond hearing the government wanted to amend burge s standing bond to include electronic monitoring. burge s attorney came up with a count proper posele. jeff burge, burge s brother, put his chicago home up for collateral. so substantially increasing $275,000 bond already in place jtle ever it s a restricted condition. he has medical issues. can complied with his bond 100%. it was unnecessary. yesterday a jury found the 62-year-old former area police 2 commander guilty of lie being the torture of suspects in the 70s and 80s pi. mark martin one of burge s attorneys expressed disappointment this morning over the jury s verdict. noting however that there is still a lot of litigation that lies ahead. more appeal s i feel sorry for the city of
convict former enron ceo jeffrey skilling. in her opinion justice ruth bader ginsburg wrote that prosecutors may continue to seek honest services fraud convictions in cases where evidence shows that defendants acceptd bribes or kickbacks. that is something that did not happen in the skilling case or in the case of former sometimes newspaper magnet conrad black. what does the ruling mean for blagojevich who was on trial right now? wgn s julie unruh is live in the loop at the trial. good afternoon, julie. remember, both the jeffrey skilling and conrad black cases are the ones that brought this to light but they were convicted on the flews and in both cases they are the ones who appeal to the u.s. supreme court those cases will indeed be affected by today s decision. the decision essentially weakening their conviction. in the blagojevich case, barely blip on the screen this morning for months the ek governor s lawyers had been complaining that effective honest services was
outside of fairfax county police substation, he s talking about that night. and a $10 million lawsuit he s filed against the police. and the president was at nationals park tonight to watch steven strasburg take on the white sox. good evening, i m jim vance. doreen is off tonight. we begin with thousands of good-byes to a maryland state trooper. a week after wesley brown was shot and killed, his services tonight drew an enormous crowd. and we re getting a look at his impact now in the community. darcy fletcher is in capital heights with more on this. darcy? reporter: jim, trooper brown s former commander told me tonight that she gave him an award last year for being a top trooper. she says he went after drunk drivers. he went after speeders. but he also helped his fellow officers every chance he got. this is the picture of maryland state police trooper wesley brown that we ve all seen. professional and serious. this is the man they knew with a bright, toothy smile that wo