Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
12 people hospitalized in Kennedy Expressway pileup
(CHICAGO) Slippery conditions on a snowy Sunday morning caused a 38-vehicle pileup on the Kennedy Expressway, sending 12 people to hospitals and shutting down traffic in the reversible lanes for ...
Feb 16, 2015
Police: Knife-wielding robber targeting Lake View fast-food joints
Surveillance footage of a man thought to have robbed two Lakeview restaurants in a week. / Chicago Police photo (CHICAGO) A man armed with a knife has robbed two Lake View fast-food restaura...
Feb 16, 2015
New citizen website could send O’Hare jet noise complaints soaring
(CHICAGO) A new, user-friendly citizen website threatens to send record complaints about O’Hare International Airport jet noise soaring even higher, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The new j...
Feb 16, 2015
‘Play-Along Bandit’ arrested after 10th bank robbery attempt in Wisconsin
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Feb 14, 2015
Two more Cook County measles cases bring state total to 13
(Chicago) Two more suburban Cook County children have been diagnosed with measles, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 13 in Illinois, officials said Friday. Both of the two new case...
Feb 14, 2015
Robbers steal more than $400K in diamonds from Schaumburg jewelry store
Surveillance photo of one of the suspects who stole $400,000 in diamonds from a Jared store in Schaumburg. / photo credit: Schaumburg poli...
Feb 12, 2015
Lake County correctional officer named state’s best by sheriff’s assocation
(WAUKEGAN) A Lake County correctional officer will be honored in March after being named the best in the state by the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association. Officer Timothy Namovicz was nominated ...
Feb 12, 2015
Man sentenced to 23 years in beating death of Chicago Police officer grandmother
(CHICAGO) A man accused of fatally beating his grandmother, a Chicago Police officer, when she caught him skipping school as a teen was sentenced to 23 years in prison Tuesday. Keshawn Perkins wa...
Feb 12, 2015
Railroad work closes road for six weeks in Joliet
(JOLIET) Railroad work will begin Thursday in Joliet, closing a street in the south suburb for six weeks. Ragnor Benson Construction, LLC will be adding a third rail for the Joliet Bulk Barge and Rail...
Feb 12, 2015
2 former Burr Oak Cemetery workers found guilty of desecrating bodies
(ALSIP) Keith and Terrence Nicks crossed a line the devil wouldn’t even dare touch when they discarded human remains at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery as if it were trash, Cook County prose...
Feb 12, 2015
