Is north of 94 morning with the chance of more snow coming. Partly sunny today meeting sunshine and tonight we have snow moving back into the region. Its 10 degrees in waukegan. 14 at the lakefront. Current wind chill is not as bad as yesterday. 14 kenosha. Aurora and juliet are currently just above zero. The radar shows light snow continues generally north of chicago. Its extending into portions of to page county. This will move east of us this morning and it will move towards clouds and sunshine. I think dan will like this but not so much kwame. Our official high today is 25. Partly sunny today. Today we could go to 16. Tomorrow we go down to 27 with snow coming early in the day wednesday. All you could hear added courtney is a growl. The roadway so far so good no major delays. Everything is looking good. Overnight roadwork on the eisenhower ride by morgan where they have that demolition. Expect that to be tight. Otherwise the rest of the roads are looking good. An autopsy may reveal how a man died on the south side. The body of the 36yearold man was found between two parked cars yesterday afternoon in the 83hundred block of south brandon avenue. He had suffered some kind of trauma. Initially police thought he might be the victim of a hit andrun accident. Now theyre not so sure. Theyve opened a death investigation. The mans name has not been released. Secretary of state john kerry arrives in kiev today, to try to defuse a growing crisis in ukraine. Andrew spencer reports, kerry plans to meet with his russian counterpart, to ask for his help. Troops around military installations around the crimean peninsula. The crinkles in act of aggression. The u. S. Calls a violation of International Law but the russian on voices the tree with its neighbors allows up to 25,000 troops in the area. The russian journalist refutes what many westerners have described as a military incursion. There are Russian Troops but we have always had them. The Russian Black Sea fleet is there and that is many thousand. But that is not an incursion. Another key difference is the president who fled the ukraine and protests and it was then ousted by parliament. Russia still considers him the democratically elected leader but timid government. U. S. Officials have acted strongly suspended upcoming talks with russia on trade and investment also cooperative military engagement such as port visits and planning conferences. The president gathered his National Security council on monday to discuss the ukraine and according to Senior Administration official examine ways to further isolate russia should the crisis continue. Vladimir putin ordered his troops to return back to the bases after military exercises insisting the exercises were always meant to end on march 3rd. The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial is resuming her testimony. Pistorius is charged with murdering his girlfriend at his home in south africa last year. Yesterday a neighbor testified that she woke up that night to a womans screams, four gunshots, and then a man yelling for help. The defense questioned her on the possibility of gunshots before she woke up and whether her recollection was accurate. Pistorius says he shot and killed his girlfriend because he thought she was an intruder, in his bathroom. But prosecutors say this was a premeditated murder. Cps parents are finding themselves caught in the middle of the battle between teachers and administrators over standardized tests. Nancy loo is live with more information. Good morning. The Teachers Union has set a protest here at the school later this morning ahead of the testing. Teachers at the school were among those to organize the boycott. All have supposedly said they will not administer these tests. But they are required by law to do so. Its just not clear how many students will actually take the test. The illinois standard achievement test is eight days long and some schools began the process yesterday. Most Elementary Students across the state are expected to begin the testing this morning. Its not clear what will happen at the school and Drummond Montessori where teachers spearheaded the boycott. According to the Teachers Union, parents and more than 70 schools have expressed the dont want their children taking the test. Some parents spoke out of the Thompson Center yesterday claiming administrators are making it uncomfortable for students who are opting out. They have the power to stop the intimidation and abuse and mistreatment. The test is required by the new child left behind act but since it is being replaced by two other tests next year, critics claim this round of testing is pointless and a waste of time. C p s says its working to ensure a proper environment for students to take the test. According to some parents, but district made calls to stress the test is required by state and federal law. I am against it. I sent my daughter out of it because i am aware is not counting toward promotion or anything. The state board of education says the test provide a valuable data on how districts are ferrying in meeting higher benchmarks. This morning the test is supposed to be administered to all students grades 38 regardless of whether they are opting out. Back to you. Suspended. Getting a second chance. Cbs took away their city championship and their 24 victories because they used players that were academically ineligible. The head coach was suspended. Now the Illinois High SchoolAssociation Says the school can still be in the state tournament. There will keep their top seed but they still wont have two of their best players or coaches. Parents of players at other schools have mixed reactions. I think they should have a chance especially if there were number one the work hard to get there i think its fair. I am a basketball mom. I am here to support my son. If he wasnt getting good grades in school, basketball would not be tolerated. Curie plays dusable tonight at king college. Coach oliver remains suspended and has not commented. Taking a look at the other top stories this morning. A truck driver from hanover park pled not guilty to slamming his rig into an illinois tollway employee and a state trooper. Police say Renato Velasquez was driving with insufficient sleep when the truck hit a tollway vehicle on i88 near aurora. The judge ordered velasquez to surrender his passport. The crash that took place back in january killed tollway worker Vincent Petrella and seriously injured trooper douglas balder. A man pled not guilty to murdering his roommate in naperville back in january. Police say 21yearold grant van muren answered charles clarks craigslist ad for a roommate, and the two men became intimate within hours or van muren moving in. But the Police Report says van muren assaulted and strangled clark, then set the apartment on fire. Clarks body was discovered january 22nd. Federal regulators are investigating an accident at a northwest suburban snowboard park that left a teenaged employee seriously injured. It happened sunday at the raging buffalo snowboard ski park in algonquin. The 17yearolds arm got stuck in the machine that operates a ski lift at the park. It took more than 30 rescuers about an hour to free him. The investigation could take up to six months. Three people stole thousands of dollars worth of handbags from the bloomingdales on the mag mile. Two women and a man grabbed several highend handbags and escaped in a white suv yesterday afternoon. The bags are worth six thousand dollars. No arrests have been made. A ton of road salt was stolen from far northwest suburban woodstock. Now, the citys head of street maintenance is being charged as the thief. Dale behm was arrested friday. He made bail saturday. Police say behm made off with a pile of salt and two snowplow skid plates. Hes charged with theft of government property. And hes been suspended with pay until his trial. A winter storm hit the east coast bringing freezing rain, snow and nearrecord cold temperatures. The storm dumped four inches of snow in washington dc, shutting down schools and government offices. Icy roads in virginia were blamed for at least one death yesterday. And there were at least four weatherrelated traffic deaths in texas, oklahoma and tennessee over the weekend. Freeze warnings were in place from the Canadian Border into texas. And heavy sleet left about 30 thousand homes and businesses in tennessee without power. One man in Northeastern Wisconsin is taking advantage of all the snow this season. He built a largerthanlife snowman it took jim smith about four weeks to create it. The snowman is so big. He used car tires for eyes and then stacked a few tires on top for a hat. Smith is taking bets on how long the snowman will last. It costs five dollars to place a bet, and whoever is closest to the day the snowman melts will win half the cash reward. The other half will go to a family in need. Are like that that school. A good chance for me to use my expertise whether predicting. I would say its going to be there until at least mid april. That is a big snowman. And lets be honest, its cold. We are called again today. We to warm up a bit. Yesterdays high was about 19. Right now is 15 in downers grove. St. Marys school is currently in the teens. The current wind chill is down to zero. We continue to have light snow across the northern Northern Region. It will move out by midmorning and remove to clouds and some later today. The snowman is probably okay until at least monday. But todays high is 25. Coming up, a womans home is destroyed by an avalanche. It judge dismisses a state witness in the michigan gay marriage ban trial and what a High School Cheerleader is suing her parents. We will have their reaction. A candy store is offering free fudged for fat tuesday. A wd of injuries she suffered when her house was destroyed in an avalanche. Michel colville was pulled from the wreckage, three hours after fridays avalanche in missoula. Her home was at the base of mount jumbo. Authorities say the avalanche was triggered by a snowboarder. Colvilles husband is hospitalized in serious condition. An 8yearold boy survived the quake by finding an air pocket in the mountain of snow. Michigans defense of its gay marriage ban got off to a rough start in federal court. That ban was approved by voters, ten years ago. Now two women are trying to get that overturned and ease restrictions so same sex couples can adopt. Michigan argues children are better off with a mother and a father. Yesterday, a federal judge dismissed the states first witness because he lacked the qualifications to be considered an expert witness. Last week, federal rulings struck down gay marriage restrictions in texas and kentucky. A High School Honor student and cheerleader in new jersey is suing her own parents. Rachel canning says they threw her out of their home when she turned 18 and are now refusing to pay for her to go to college. She is suing to force her parents to pay an unpaid private school bill and her college tuition. But her parents she ran away in november because she didnt want to follow house rules. Her father admits that hes stopped paying rachels High School Tuition but says shell receive her existing college fund. I know she is a good kid and a rebellious teen. She has a college fund available. But its the equivalent of going shopping at a high and a store and sending someone the bill. Right now rachel is living with a friend. Rachel has been accepted at four colleges and has applications pending at other institutions. A candy shop in missouri is giving away free fudge to obese customers today. Its only for those weighing more than 300 pounds. Since the route 66 candy shoppe announced the promotion on facebook, some have said the gimmick is offensive. But the owner says hes not trying to to offend anyone this is just one of many promotions the store plans to offer to get people talking. The shop just opened in february. That on the scale for your free fudge if we put both of you together do we get 300 lbs. . Not even close with courtney. May be with me and sarah. Mostly because its demetrius. Im just saying. You are now the least popular guy in this room. We have wind out of the west at 5 mi. If you think that doesnt make you popular take a look at this. Its well that our lives. 11 in aurora. Its colder than normal. Temperatures are warming up. We do expect a few breaks of slightly warmer temperatures to come. Current visibility is down only half a mile. Kenosha is down to 1 mi. Bartlett is down to 2 mi. We find this note moving across the region. The thing is as we get to the overnight low, and the snow that does fall will give you just a quick coating which could make the roads like this morning. Much of this snow will stay to the north. It could disturbance exits the region and we get into clouds and son. Temperatures are in the 20s. The next message brings more snow moving into the region tonight. One2 in. Of additional snow. Half an inch of snow is to the north early today and then that extra inch2 in. Later tonight into tomorrow. 25 degrees today. Tonight the low temperature moves down as we fall into the midteens. Light snow accumulation. 27 on wednesday. Thursday we make 30. Are we ok . Have we made up . Apparently were going to bring our fat cells over to that store. 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Could he by the Tribune Company . I dont know i think we do tip the scale. The Early Morning show does. We do drive lamborghini. But go to the radar. We have snow continuing across northern chicago. Light snow showers today and we move to dry conditions. Typical High Temperatures are 42 degrees. We will be in the mid20s today. We have a crash this morning having a bound on the kennedy. The crash in to land planes. Expect things to be de