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superintendent has not offered an apology to the two officers back on the streets on duty and police union believes it may never happen. the two officers returned to the streets yesterday after being cleared in last weeks alleged brutality incident at 79. gps reveal the two were not on the scene. but four other officers and a sergeant remain under investigation by the independent police review authority. among the evidence, footage from a police camera across the street. superintendent...

in illinois. >> it perish the thought you tell the truth. ive never talked about raising the tax. >> reporter: it took a few minutes to get rolling. once the gloves stayed off, it stayed that way. outlined in the attack ads that became the trade mark of this campaign painting bill brady as extreme on social issues and reform. brady saying quinn has failed to set himself apart from rod blagojevich since taking over for governor in 2009. >> illinois needs a leader. pat quinns proven hes ...

he said both sides have agreed to more meetings and over the next month cps will do an assessment on how to bring the old field house up to code. meantime, cps will look into ways to get a new library into the school. nothing is set in stone but things are in motion. >> i think we have an agreement in concept across the basis that well work through? lots of details that need to be worked through as we make this happen but i think were getting close to being fully on the same page. >> a...

[ cheering ] >> and heres the last two men who got out. ariel yanez. his wife gave birth while he was trapped below the surface. a baby girl named hope. [ cheering ] >> finally the last miner got out. the foreman lewis urzua. he was credited with helping the men endure the first two and a half weeks without outside contact. heres the view from below the surface. after the last miner was rescued, they held a sign showing their job was done. >> joining us by phone from chile with whats h...

morning attack. riverdale police have yet to comment or release details on exactly what happened here. its not clear if the murdered man was deliberately targeted or simply the random victim of and ent crime friends family converge on the crime scene near 144 street and clark and south suburban riverdale. the place where melvin burnside lived for decades in this quiet and well tended residential neighborhood. >> he was nice to everybody. he gave everybody anything they asked for. i don...

one of the victims, the lake and will county sheriffs are earn urging anyone with information to contact them immediately. authorities believe he is a man in his 40s driving a light colored chevy cheyenne pick up truck with indiana plates which was last seen on tuesday in lowell soon after the shootings of three men in illinois and indiana. one victim was killed. two others hospitalized. police are hoping someone will be able to identify the killer. and we heard from will county sherif...

heavy set man about 40 years old. last seen wearing a windbreaker and jeans. authorities say he is disturbs and his actions appear to be random. the first shots were fired just after 10:30 this morning. construction workers rehabbing a home near beecher, illinois, were approached by a suspect talking about bees. >> as soon as multiple vehicles arrived, they went in the house found another suspect shot inside a residence. and we were told that there were a third subject, the witness who...

if any work was done in exchange for payment. ogless bee is charged with theft of government services, money laundering and official misconduct. she faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. wgns robert jordan joins us now where the county board is meeting this afternoon. >> and bob, what are they saying about carla oglesby. >> thats right. the upheavel at county board centered around charges of no bid contracts that may have been within the letter of the law. but which may have p...

healthy chunk of his schedule to honoring the best of the best within the citys police and fire departments. the top award winners this year, a firefighter jason durbin off duty last december when he rushed into a high-rise fire climbing 28 stories into a smoked filled apartment to rescue a woman proceeding to carry her 28 stories back down to safety. also honored, chicago detective dominik. who studied a pattern of armed robberies before spotting the suspect and foiling the last attem...

$100,000, money laundering. what can you share with us? are you innocent of these charges? >> carla oglesby is seen here after being charged with three felonies, handcuffs and silenced. she was escorted into police headquarters accused of political corruption and crime. she is seen standing here next to her boss, todd stroger, since he lost the election. wgn sources confirm tonight that grand jury subpoenas went out today. search warrants are being executed this evening, and carla a og...