Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

‘Psychopath’ ex-cop gets life in prison plus five years for torture plot
(Chicago) Former Chicago cop Steve Mandell was sentenced to life in prison plus five years Thursday after a federal judge ruled that the public needs to be protected from him, the Chicago ...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2014

Man suspected in three previous bank robberies strikes again in Berwyn
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Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2014

Facebook quarrel leads to standoff, SWAT team response in west suburbs
(AURORA TWP.) A fight between two men over a Facebook post led to a two-and-a-half hour standoff that ended with a SWAT team raiding a west suburban home earlier this week. About 10:40 p.m. Mond...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2014

Cook County inmate attacks his lawyer at jail: officials
(Chicago) A Cook County Jail inmate awaiting trial on sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping charges allegedly attacked his assistant public defender Wednesday at the jail, the Chicago Sun-Tim...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2014

Extra-alarm blaze extinguished at Firehouse restaurant
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Cumulus Media Dec 10, 2014

Two in custody after van crashes into Neiman Marcus on Mag Mile
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Cumulus Media Dec 10, 2014

Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka has died at the age of 70
(Chicago) Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, the straight talking, tell-it-like-it-is politician who spent more than three decades in Illinois politics, has died unexpectedly at the age of ...
Cumulus Media Dec 10, 2014

Police: Driver crashed car after refusing to pull over, stole shoes while running away
(CHESTERTON, Ind.) A Joliet man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly refused to pull over while speeding in northwest Indiana, crashed the car he was driving and then broke into a garage to ...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2014

Graffiti from Kennedy Expy sign removed in quickest way possible, IDOT says
(Chicago) Graffiti on a key inbound Kennedy Expressway sign was addressed in the quickest way possible by removing it during the morning rush hour about two hours after being notified of its exi...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2014

Ex-State Rep Keith Farnham pleads guilty in child porn case
(Chicago) Former Illinois State Rep. Keith Farnham will likely die behind bars after he pleaded guilty Friday to trading child pornography online, the Sun-Times is reporting. Farnham, 66, admitt...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2014