Governor refuses to give up. Lawmakers could see deposits as soon as tomorrow but will check for him, the governor, this time around. We caught up with the governor within the last hour. I dont think anyone should get paid in the legislature and i am not taking a paycheck until this important priority and job is done. A week after a judge heard arguments about the constitutionality of halting paychecks to get legislators to prioritize the pension problem in illinois the governor refused to defeat. We think a higher court will rule in our favor but meantime we think legislators will need to work with me to get a bill on my desk that we can say reforms the whole Pension System and erases its liability. And george ordered paychecks resume immediately. The lawsuit was filed by Michael Madigan and the Senate President and caught in the middle was an unsuspecting republican with the title of comptroller. Last month a judge suggested that she halted payments for legislators not because it was
As to what caused a Security Guard to die after trying to breakup a fight at Thornwood High School in South Holland yesterday. Wgns Randi Belisomo joins us from the newsroom with more on the story. The cook county medical examiner conduct an autopsy but the results are not conclusive and further studies need to be done. Further studies must be done. No charges have been filed in this case, but this evening we are getting more insight into what happened at Thornwood High School yesterday. Heres video taken from a students cell phone. This is a fight between two High School Girls the one in which the Security Guard attempted to intervene. At noon yesterday in the hallway of the South Holland school, a Security Guard was try to break it up but he fell across on the School Locker and when he had trouble breathing he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The man was a graduate of thrornwood high school where he was well respected. His wife said he had no health problems. I nev
Im sure you would have been fined anyway. We will look at your pitch later in the newscast. I wont be here. More rain coming our way but certainly not too much. The system will open up. We have been dealing with this since sunday now we have it really starting to weaken and flat right now our highs will be near 50. Showers in the forecast up to 45 at the lakefront. 42 in joliet. 42 in kankakee. Looking at the radar, showers continue to move through the region. Nothing heavy. We will catch the showers off and on through most of the day. Looking across the region, scene deal. Todays temperature 49 degrees. 50 percent chance of rain there. 47 degrees todays high will be 50. Spotty showers friday evening fridays high of 57. Sunshine and dry land on saturday. We will take it. Lets take a look at the roads. We have a lot of construction from overnight theyre taking advantage of this dry weather. But we have a three vehicle accident that caused all kinds of problems early this morning. Gasoli
To see these showers continue. The good news is the cold front which brought the showers and storms yesterday continues to go to the south. Its a slow mover creeping through the region. It will hit the brakes south of chicago but we think it will press self later. The temperature range today. We have temperature ranges of a 11 degree differences. Falk will be an issue today. Or at a 2 mi. Visibility. Lansing to a half mile visibility. If it clear at the fog it will get better. Showers across each of eastern and central cook county morgue could pop up later today as a front just slowly creep through. Today were up to 60 degrees. Early tomorrow morning we are at 56. As we get into tomorrow we reach 72. Sunshine for thursday friday and next weekend. Fridays high is 77. Some work on the bridge that we are visiting right now northbound at 57. Left lane block right there. When volume is light this early its tolerable but passed the 6 00 hour it gets bad. We have some ramps that have been clo
Being conducted today. For a Security Guard who died after trying to break up a fight at a high school in the south suburbs. Wgns nancy loo has the latest from south holland. Cool officials are not commenting about the deadly incident. Because of an internal review. Students and staff are morning richard who attended the School Decades earlier before returning to work witas a Security Work as a Security Guard. Counselors on hand due to the sudden death of the school Security Guard. The 54 yearold died after stepping in to prepare fight between two female students. Somehow fell into a locker and died after being rushed to the hospital. But they do not believe the fight caused the death. Theyre both wonderful students. Good Parent Involvement and everything. It is just a tragic incident that we are all sorry that it happened. An autopsy is scheduled for later today. I never wanted to do anything without his input. He was always there. He was the leader and arafat or. The friendofthe are