Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Former investment analyst pleads guilty to securities fraud
(CHICAGO) A North Carolina man who formerly managed a Chicago investment research firm has pleaded guilty to securities fraud. Jason Napodano, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud Wedne...
Oct 21, 2017
TRIAL DELAYED FOR ACCUSED INDIANA SERIAL KILLER
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (HAMMOND, IN) Darren Vann, 46, of Gary, Indiana is accused of killing seven women and his trial date for two of those murders has been delayed. Vann is charged with...
Oct 21, 2017
Bus boarding area to close for CTA 95th Street Terminal construction
(CHICAGO) Ongoing construction on the new CTA 95th Street Terminal will cause changes in bus boarding locations for several routes starting Friday night. The eastern bus boarding area at the terminal,...
Oct 20, 2017
Report of student with weapon leads to soft lockdown at Maine South
(PARK RIDGE) A northwest suburban high school was placed on lockdown Friday morning after an anonymous called to the school reported that a student might be in possession of weapon. The call was recei...
Oct 20, 2017
Universities of Illinois, Chicago to collaborate on tech hub
CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Chicago and the University of Illinois have announced a partnership that will bring faculty, researchers and students together to work on innovation. The partnership w...
Oct 20, 2017
Nice weather continues thru Saturday
By Weather Chanel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore NICE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW…..A FRONT BRINGS RAIN SUNDAY/MONDAY AND SOME COOLER NUMBERS EARLY NEXT WEEK….. Today|Sunny, along wi...
Oct 20, 2017
Illinois man to be sentenced in internet-sting terror case
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man snared in a 2013 internet sting is being sentenced for seeking to join an al-Qaida-linked group fighting Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria. There’s a wid...
Oct 19, 2017
Judge: No cameras at Wheaton College players’ arraignment
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Cameras won’t be allowed in suburban Chicago court when four of the five Wheaton College football players are arraigned Monday on charges of battery against one of their tea...
Oct 19, 2017
Lawsuit: Uber driver sexually assaulted, harassed Chicago woman
(CHICAGO) A Chicago woman is suing Uber after a driver allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed her last month. Elizabeth Hammond, 30, requested an Uber in the early morning hours of Sept. 24 for a t...
Oct 19, 2017
US alleges suburban Chicago company defrauded Medicare
CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is suing the owners of a suburban Chicago health care company alleging they defrauded Medicare for millions of dollars they didn’t earn. Prosecutors an...
Oct 19, 2017
