Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police report three Portage Park home burglaries in April
(CHICAGO) Police are warning Portage Park residents of home burglaries this month in the Northwest Side neighborhood. In each of the three burglaries, at least one person has entered the apartment or ...
Apr 17, 2015
Two officers among five hurt in West Side crash
(CHICAGO) Two police officers and three others were injured in a rollover crash on the West Side early Friday. The accident happened in the 3400 block of West Congress in the East Garfield Park neighb...
Apr 17, 2015
WEATHER – 04/17/15 – Sunny to partly cloudy. High 77F.
Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS Friday, April 17th, 2015 Today | Sunny to partly cloudy. High 77F. (near 70 lake) Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight | Partly cloudy. Low around 55F. Winds light and variabl...
Apr 17, 2015
3-year-old boy hit, critically injured by van on SW Side
(CHICAGO) A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after he ran into traffic and was hit by a van Tuesday evening in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 7 p.m., the boy was cha...
Apr 15, 2015
WEATHER: Sun and clouds mixed. High near 65F.
Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 Today | Sun and clouds mixed. High near 65F. (cooler lake) Winds ENE at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight | Partly cloudy this evening followed by increas...
Apr 15, 2015
Bicyclist killed in Rolling Meadows crash
(ROLLING MEADOWS) A 47-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash on Friday in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows. Konrad Tomaski was hit by a vehicle and pronounced dead at 1:27 p.m. at the scene of th...
Apr 14, 2015
Man seriously injured while trying to drive car off top of parking garage
(CHICAGO) A car flipped over onto the edge of a North Side parking garage when a 50-year-old man tried to drive off it early Tuesday in Rogers Park, leaving him seriously injured. About 5 a.m., the Ni...
Apr 14, 2015
Man charged with robbing NW suburban motel at knifepoint
(CRYSTAL LAKE) Authorities say a knife-wielding 21-year-old man robbed a northwest suburban motel of $1,200 on Saturday in Crystal Lake. About 4:45 p.m., Trent James Keegan walked into the Super 8 at ...
Apr 14, 2015
FBI investigation under way of deadly police shooting of teen
(CHICAGO) A City Council Committee agreed Monday to pay $5 million to the family of a black teenager shot 16 times by a Chicago Police officer - even before a lawsuit was filed - amid word that the fa...
Apr 14, 2015
UPDATE: Man charged with DUI in crash that killed 94-year-old woman
(BRIDGEVIEW) A man charged with DUI in connection with a southwest suburban crash that killed a 94-year-old woman has been ordered held on a $750,000 bond. Patrick O'Connor, 29, is charged with aggrav...
Apr 14, 2015
