Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Second Suspect Charged in Death of Judge
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A second Chicago man has been charged with the murder of a Cook County Judge earlier this month. Judge Raymond Myles was shot multiple times outside of hi...
Apr 28, 2017
DCFS visited Joliet home 33 hours before baby found dead there
(CHICAGO) At 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was at 16-month-old Semaj Crosby mother's house investigating a child-neglect allegation and saw "no obvious haz...
Apr 28, 2017
Barbara Byrd-Bennett finally due for sentencing Friday
(CHICAGO) Two years have passed since the FBI confronted the woman hand-picked by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to teach the children of Chicago. Barbara Byrd-Bennett sat down with federal agents that day in Apr...
Apr 28, 2017
Police warn of phone scammers posing as sheriff’s officers
(YORKVILLE) Phone scammers are trying to swindle people out of money in the western suburbs by posing as Kendall County sheriff's officers, police said Thursday. A woman told officials she received a ...
Apr 28, 2017
WEATHER – Partly cloudy this morning. Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. High 63F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Friday, April 28th, 2017 Rainy at times through the end of the week and rather chilly into the start for the weekend. A significant spring st...
Apr 28, 2017
United Airlines reaches settlement with passenger who was dragged off plane
By Jackie Wattles United Airlines just reached a settlement with Dr. David Dao, the passenger who was violently dragged off a flight earlier this month in an incident that created a firestorm for the ...
Apr 27, 2017
Police: Body of Toddler Found in Deplorable Home
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (JOLIET) After a massive search for 1 year old Semaj Crosby, the focus Wednesday night turned to a home on Louis Road in Joliet Township. It’s where she disap...
Apr 27, 2017
Suburban Chicago relatives sentenced in health care scam
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago chiropractor, as well as his father and his brother have been sentenced to prison in a phony-billing scheme that cheated insurers out of nearly $11 million. A Wednesd...
Apr 27, 2017
Judge refuses to toss lawsuit by man who spent decades in prison
(CHICAGO) A federal judge Wednesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the city by a man who spent 22 years in prison as a result of a wrongful conviction for the slaying of a 6-year-old boy...
Apr 27, 2017
Missing 1-year-old Joliet girl found dead
Semaj Crosby, 1, was found dead Wednesday in Joliet. | Will County sheriff’s office (JOLIET) A missing baby girl who vanished Tuesday evening from her far southwest suburban home was found dead ...
Apr 27, 2017
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