Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
At least 1 shot in melee outside Hawthorne Race Course
Police investigate after a shooting near Hawthorne Race Course Sunday night. | Network Video Productions (STICKNEY) At least one person was shot in a fight outside Hawthorne Race Course Sunday ...
Aug 08, 2016
Pilot killed in glider crash in Minooka
(MINOOKA) A southwest suburban man died in a glider crash Saturday afternoon in Minooka. James M. Patton, 69, of Tinley Park, was the pilot of a private glider that crashed into a field in the 26000 b...
Aug 08, 2016
$16M lottery ticket sold in Glen Ellyn
(GLEN ELLYN) An unclaimed lottery ticket worth more than $16 million was sold in west suburban Glen Ellyn this week. A ticket sold at the 7-Eleven at 3S035 Park Blvd. in Glen Ellyn was a $16,750,000 w...
Aug 05, 2016
Glendale Heights Deaths Likely Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There is an investigation underway in northwest suburban Glendale Heights after two people were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. Police in Glendale...
Aug 05, 2016
O’Neal Video Released: ‘Cold-Blooded Murder,’ Family Attorney Says
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Police video from the scene of the Paul O’Neal killing 8 days ago, but not the shooting itself, has been released by the city. “Shocking and disturbi...
Aug 05, 2016
Ex-Bear Tillman to open Air and Water Show with tandem jump
(CHICAGO) Former Chicago Bear Charles Tillman will open the 58th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show on Aug. 20 by tandem jumping with the U.S. Army Golden Knights. The retired cornerback’s jump w...
Aug 05, 2016
Kane County State’s Attorney to Prosecute Van Dyke
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Kane County State’s Attorney has been appointed as the special prosecutor in the murder charge against former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Josep...
Aug 04, 2016
Chicago police to release video of officer-involved shooting
(CHICAGO) The Chicago Police Department says it will release videos related to last week’s fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old suspect. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the videos wil...
Aug 04, 2016
Ronnie ‘Woo Woo’ Sidelined
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) One of the Chicago Cub’s biggest fans, is recovering after knee surgery. Ronnie “Woo Woo” Wickers tells the Jonathan Brandmeier Show on WLS that h...
Aug 03, 2016
DePaul bans conservative speaker
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) DePaul University is banning a high-profile conservative speaker from campus. The Chicago Sun Times reports DePaul is refusing to allow commentator and writer Be...
Aug 03, 2016
