that's a lot of reason going on. >> reporter: a lot of heavy hearts here in de kalb. with so many chicago area students here on the niu campus understandably an awful lot of parents just worried about their kids safety. we can tell you from our standpoint what we are able to see here that there has been a considerable police presence around the campus. in the residence halls themselves. around the residence halls. security escorts available here on campus. a lot of students taking precautions. female students walking in pairs. arguably from what we are able to see this could be perhaps the safest place you could possibly be in de kalb. on the niu campus, julian crews, wgn news. >>> safe but still a campus on edge. thank you. >>> a rookie chicago police officer who was hit by a car on the stevenson last week remains in critical condition today. 28-year-old daniel vasquez is suffering from brain injuries. he was helping a motorist who crashed his car when a passing car hit him friday near south damon avenue. the driver who was struck him was ticketed for not having a li

have any information about this case, no matter how insignificant you think it may be, please call de kalb police. bob? >> all right, marcella, thank so much. >> honoring more than half a century of service to a chicago community. next, a tribute to bishop -- at the home he built. >> a homecoming from a marine returning from overhe overseas. >> again, tonight, strong thunderstorms, affecting parts of the area, the big weather story may be what takes place tuesday and wednesday. i'll have details and the full forecast, still ahead. discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at restaurants. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. >>> a michigan man is accused of trying to bring a loaded handgun onto a plane at o'hare airport. 67-year-old francis cook the 4th of michigan was taken into custody saturday and charged with weapons violations. an officer with transportation safety administration saw a gun in his luggage as he was taking it through a machine. >> a grisly discovery in a west suburban church, please were called to the church in la grange park saturday evening after s

it's 68 de kalb now. joliet at 64. munster 59. there is the rainfall in the right hand column. you can see the fair a rain. look at clearing going on to the northwest of us. this is a beautiful canadian high pressure coming in for the next couple of days of brings us back to more seasonal territory. rain has pushed off to the east. noisy thunderstorms that went through here earlier today. here is a ten day forecast. you will see how the current lobe of cool air re-enforced right there by more chilly air on saturday. make that friday. then saturday we warm back up and kind of straddle the line between warm and cool air and that brings in growing rain prospects early next week. watch how this cool air settleles in next week. very chilly air expected to drop southward into the chicago area. so, boy, we suddenly find ourselves in real autumn like weather after this meteorological nirvana. pollen has been flirting with the yucatan -- paula is flirting with the yucatan peninsula. paula is a mall hurricane there with 100 miles per hour winds heading toward cuba. it looks like it's clo

philip and nancy will be arraigned on the kidnapping and rape of j.c.. 29th criminal kalb's how can see also faces a harsh and puffing and three charges they have been in custody than more than a yard course appraising proceedings were canceled for philip because his lawyer said he wasn't competent to stand trial should j.c. was taken in 1981 only to resurface in antioch with two children to 18 years later. for 30 8:00 a.m. let's go citing take a quick look from our roof, foggy over the city. morning coastal fog we will have the look that your forecast in a bit. for 39 not bad today 86 inland 80 along the banks 62 at the coast them shave off a few more degrees headed into the weekend cooler weekend in-store i recall that pattern next week before warming up slightly by the end of next week. no. a month now headline state news is matter- of-fact. public schools will have to provide students with free and safe drinking water under new bill the bill is intended to promote healthy eating habits. california's getting $194 million grant to fund a high-speed rail it will help pay for in june ca