Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Woman sexually assaulted in Lincoln Park
(CHICAGO) A woman was sexually assaulted early Monday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side. The assault occurred about 1 a.m. in an apartment in the 500 block of West Arlington Place, ac...
May 06, 2015
Roadwork to reduce North Aurora Road to one lane in Naperville
(NAPERVILLE) Roadwork in west suburban Naperville will require a major traffic pattern shift on North Aurora Road starting Thursday and lasting through September. A new traffic pattern will be install...
May 06, 2015
Chicago cop sues sergeant who accused him of sexual assault
(CHICAGO) A Chicago Police officer who was charged with sexually assaulting a fellow officer in 2013, only to see the charges dropped, is suing his accuser and several other police department colleagu...
May 06, 2015
WEATHER – Patchy dense fog this moring with a chance of a shower. High 76°.
Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 Warm air overrunning the colder ground will keep the fog forming in places this morning. Warm weather the rest of the week, then a cool down for ...
May 06, 2015
Jury sequestered after failing to reach verdict in double-murder trial
(CHICAGO) After failing to reach a verdict following six and a half hours of deliberations Tuesday night, Cook County jurors were sequestered by the judge in the Timothy Herring double-murder trial an...
May 06, 2015
Cook County Jail guard paid $30,000 for one day’s work
(CHICAGO) A Cook County Sheriff's correctional officer was paid $29,467 for a single day's work last year, according to an audit that says the sheriff needs to better supervise overtime payments. The ...
May 06, 2015
One-time teen cop impersonator accused of faking it again
(CHICAGO) A Chicago man who has been in trouble before for posing as a police officer is accused of doing it again. And this time, police say, he had backup. Vincent Richardson, 21, was arrested about...
May 04, 2015
Disastrous first kiss leads to lawsuit
(CHICAGO) It was a memorable first kiss. Jessica Martinez, 29, had just had tacos and drinks and was walking down Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square when the guy she was with got up his nerve and leaned...
May 04, 2015
Chicago man charged with selling heroin in Wheaton
(CHICAGO) A 22-year-old Chicago man was charged with selling heroin in west suburban Wheaton. Kamron T. Garraway was arrested Friday following an investigation, according to a statement from Wheaton p...
May 04, 2015
UPDATE: Off-duty Oak Park police officer shot on Chicago’s Far South Side
(OAK PARK) An off-duty Oak Park Police officer was shot early Sunday during a robbery on Chicago's Far South Side. About 5:13 a.m., the 57-year-old officer was getting out of his own vehicle in the 30...
May 04, 2015
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