Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Boy charged with Garfield Ridge bank robbery
(CHICAGO) A boy has been charged in connection with the Monday afternoon robbery of a bank in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The boy - whose name and age were not released - wa...
Apr 14, 2016
Man stabbed in neck outside Residence Inn Marriott in Loop
A man was stabbed in the neck outside the Residence Inn Marriott hotel in the Loop Wednesday night. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was stabbed in the neck and robbed late Wednesday outsid...
Apr 14, 2016
City Council Approves Eddie Johnson as Top Cop
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At today’s City Council meeting, Eddie Johnson has been unanimously confirmed to be Chicago Police Superintendent. Fifty to nothing was the roll call for t...
Apr 13, 2016
Kirk takes credit for Republicans meeting with Garland
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois U.S. Senator Mark Kirk is taking credit for the fact that more than a dozen Republican Senators are planning to meet with President Obama’s Suprem...
Apr 13, 2016
Pedestrian struck by Metra train in Downers Grove
(DOWNERS GROVE) A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train Wednesday morning in west suburban Downers Grove. BNSF Train No. 1252, which was running express from Aurora and scheduled to arrive at Union S...
Apr 13, 2016
2 children among 6 injured in Kankakee three-alarm fire
(KANKAKEE) Two children and a firefighter were among six people injured when a three-alarm fire broke out at an apartment building in downstate Kankakee early Wednesday, leaving 22 people displaced. F...
Apr 13, 2016
Couple accused of $45M Medicare fraud, forced labor
(CHICAGO) A Chicago couple accused of participating in a Medicare fraud scheme that swindled the government out of $45 million has also been charged with planning to force a Filipino woman to work as ...
Apr 12, 2016
Bomb threat closes three NW Indiana schools Tuesday
(ST. JOHN, Ind.) A bomb threat has prompted the closure of three schools Tuesday in northwest Indiana. Late Monday night, the Schererville and St. John police departments received threatening phone ca...
Apr 12, 2016
Lake Shore Drive Bridge and Lane Closures to Begin this Week
(CHICAGO) The pedestrian bridge at North Avenue over North Lake Shore Drive will be closed to all users (pedestrians and bicyclists) for a rehabilitation project starting April 11 and remain closed un...
Apr 12, 2016
Mt. Baldy to Remain Closed
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Park officials say the Indiana Dunes will remain closed this summer. It’s a close getaway for those in the Chicago area, but it will remain closed this su...
Apr 12, 2016
