Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Nail salon robbed by gunman in Naperville
Surveillance photo of the suspect who robbed a Naperville nail salon at gunpoint. | Naperville police (NAPERVILLE) A nail salon was robbed at gunpoint on Saturday evening in west suburban Naperville. ...
Mar 28, 2017
No injuries reported in Amtrak derailment south of Union Station
Crews work to get an Amtrak train back on the tracks after a derailment Monday south of Union Station. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) No injuries were reported when an Amtrak train derailed Mon...
Mar 28, 2017
Police: Man attacked woman, set Joliet house on fire
(JOLIET) A man attacked a 36-year-old woman and set a house on fire Sunday afternoon in southwest suburban Joliet, according to police. Someone called 911 just after 2 p.m. to report a woman was outsi...
Mar 27, 2017
Chicago police union: Head to meet Trump officials
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s police union says its head will meet members of President Donald Trump’s administration and that deadly violence in the nation’s third largest city is expect...
Mar 27, 2017
Undisclosed medical condition could affect Daley testimony
(CHICAGO) Attorneys for Richard M. Daley said a medical condition could affect the former mayor's deposition in a federal lawsuit alleging torture under former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge. Daley's ...
Mar 27, 2017
Chicago maps show drug overdoses, shootings go hand in hand
CHICAGO (AP) - Maps released by the Chicago Police Department show shootings and ambulance runs for heroin overdoses on the city’s West Side overlap almost exactly. Police analysts reviewed 2016...
Mar 26, 2017
Key Bridges Set For Repair
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that $4.2 million in state funds will be released for a City of Chicago project to repair two key bridges th...
Mar 26, 2017
WEATHER: Cloudy and wet thru Monday
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Unsettled weather to stick around through Monday. **A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect over the Lake until 10am Sunday** Today|Areas of fog. Scatt...
Mar 26, 2017
Reward offered for details on Naperville arson
Police released a surveillance image of two people leaving a restroom shortly before an arson fire was discovered Monday morning in Naperville. | Naperville police (NAPERVILLE) Authorities are offerin...
Mar 25, 2017
Glen Ellyn officer rescues woman from college pond
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer rescued a woman by swimming out to her car submerged in a retention pond at a suburban Chicago community college. Glen Ellyn police say Officer...
Mar 25, 2017
