Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Authorities investigating threatening message at Elmwood Park High School
(ELMWOOD PARK) Police will have bomb-sniffing dogs and bomb technicians at Elmwood Park High School Thursday morning after students found a threatening message scribbled on a bathroom wall Wednesday, ...
Feb 19, 2016
Bail Set for Serial Stowaway
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Bail has been set at $150,000 for a woman dubbed the ‘serial stowaway.’ A Cook County judge has ordered 64 year old Marilyn Hartman held on $1...
Feb 19, 2016
Rauner on the Attack
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) In the Springfield budget standoff, Governor Rauner is on the attack, again. This time, against Senate president John Cullerton on the subject of school aid....
Feb 18, 2016
Trash Fire At Trump Tower
Chicago firefighters responded to Trump Tower Thursday morning to a report of a fire on the 50th floor. /Photo Credit: Nick gale, WLS-AM News By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News Chicago firefighte...
Feb 18, 2016
UPDATE: No charges after woman fatally hit by car in Morton Grove
Investigators at the scene where a 26-year-old woman was fatally struck by a car Tuesday morning in Morton Grove. | Network Video Productions UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY, NO CHARGES FILED (MORTON GROVE) A wo...
Feb 17, 2016
Two 18-year-olds killed in crash on I-90 near Marengo
(MARENGO) A man and woman were killed and two other people were injured in a crash Tuesday evening on I-90 near northwest suburban Marengo. The crash happened about 5:30 p.m. on I-90 near mile marker ...
Feb 17, 2016
New Tone in Rauner’s Budget Address
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered his annual budget address to the legislature and the governor was sounding a little different in the deadlock. Rauner told state ...
Feb 17, 2016
Aurora firefighters rescue golden retriever from frozen pond
Houdini warms up after being rescued from a frozen pond Tuesday night. | Aurora fire department (AURORA) Aurora firefighters rescued a dog that had fallen into a frozen pond Tuesday night after a 911 ...
Feb 17, 2016
Police: 4 people robbing pedestrians in Pilsen, University Village
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police are warning residents in the Pilsen and University Village neighborhoods about a group of four males robbing people on the street. The group of four males robbed two people in...
Feb 17, 2016
Man accused of threatening U of C may leave home, judge rules
(CHICAGO) A federal judge loosened restrictions Tuesday on a South Side man accused last year of threatening to shoot several people at the University of Chicago. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox ru...
Feb 17, 2016
