Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Cockpit Door Codes Being Reworked at United
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Chicago-based United Airlines is making a change and it has nothing to do with the stories that have made the headlines recently. The keypad codes used to...
May 15, 2017
UPDATE: SWAT team kills inmate who took hostage at Illinois hospital
By Ralph Ellis and Chuck Johnston A SWAT team killed a jail inmate who’d taken a woman hostage Saturday inside a suburban Chicago hospital, authorities said. The inmate, Tywon Salters, 22, of Ch...
May 15, 2017
Illinois authorities, health centers tackle opioid epidemic
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Law enforcement agencies and health centers in central Illinois are scrambling to address the opioid epidemic. DeWitt County Sheriff Jered Shofner tells The Pantagraph ...
May 15, 2017
Frozen burritos recalled over listeria fears
By Nicole Chavez A company in New Mexico is recalling about 253,000 pounds of frozen burritos in four states over fears of listeria contamination. Green Chile Food Company recalled several types of me...
May 15, 2017
Police: Woman killed after being rammed into tree with car
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago authorities say that an 18-year-old woman is dead after another woman repeatedly slammed her into a tree with her car following an argument. Police say the incident happened aro...
May 15, 2017
WEATHER: Warmer with a chance for t-storms
By Kenneth Boone, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) After a dry weekend, expect the work week to heat up – with warmer temperatures and a chance for thunderstorms. Today|Partly clou...
May 15, 2017
Trustees OK no tuition increase for fall at Illinois State
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Incoming Illinois State University students this fall won’t pay more to attend the school than last year’s freshman class. ISU trustees on Friday voted to hold tuition,...
May 13, 2017
UPDATE: Delnor Hospital employee safe after being taken hostage by inmate
Tywon M. Salters | Kane County sheriff’s office (GENEVA) A standoff at Delnor Hospital in west suburban Geneva has ended after an inmate who took took a hospital employee hostage was shot by a S...
May 13, 2017
SWAT team kills inmate who took hostage at Geneva hospital
By Ralph Ellis and Chuck Johnston [Breaking news update, posted at 606pm CT) A SWAT team killed a jail inmate who’d taken a hospital employee hostage Saturday in a Chicago suburb, the Kane Count...
May 13, 2017
Delnor Hospital employee taken hostage by Kane County Jail inmate
(GENEVA) A Kane County Jail inmate who was being treated at Delnor Hospital in west suburban Geneva took a hospital employee hostage with a correctional officer's gun Saturday afternoon. The incident ...
May 13, 2017
