By Jarrod Horton
Staff Writer
Nationally Jeffery K. Skilling is best known as the ex-CEO of the giant Enron Corporation, the 59-year-old received headlines when he and Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay was convicted of accounting schemes that misled shareholders and regulators. But in Chicago he is more famous for being the brother of longtime local weatherman Tom Skilling; the informative meteorologist has been working for WGN Channel-9 for 35 years and is believed to be highest paid local weatherman in the country. The younger brother Jeffery who is currently serving a 24 year prison term in Colorado federal prison, has got that bid reduced to 14 years. With good behavior, he is expected to be home by 2017. Read Full Story Here: Prison Sentence of Ex-Enron C.E.O. Skilling Cut by 10 Years