Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
UPDATE: Two men found shot to death in Bolingbrook warehouse
(BOLINGBROOK) Two men were found shot to death Monday morning at an automotive supply warehouse in southwest suburban Bolingbrook. At 9:39 a.m., officers received a call of a shooting in progress at Y...
Oct 27, 2015
Des Plaines man charged with attacking CTA train conductor
Braulio Portes | Chicago Police photo (CHICAGO) A man from the northwest suburbs was charged Monday with attacking a CTA train operator over the weekend. Braulio Portes, 26, was charged with one felon...
Oct 27, 2015
Feds’ first-of-its-kind ‘spoofing’ case goes to trial
(CHICAGO) It takes about 300 milliseconds to blink an eye. And that's roughly how long high-frequency commodities trader Michael Coscia let his orders linger in CME Group markets. Now, the 53-year-old...
Oct 27, 2015
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Schiller Park
Authorities investigate after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Schiller Park. | Network Video Productions (SCHILLER PARK) A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Monday night in northwest suburban...
Oct 27, 2015
Salon Talk to Combat Domestic Violence
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) At City Hall today there was a City Council hearing on a new idea in Springfield to combat domestic violence. The idea is to make hair dressers get an hour of train...
Oct 26, 2015
Police Investigating Bolingbrook Shooting Deaths
Photo Credit; MorgueFile.com By ick Gale, WLS News Bolingbrook High School was under a soft lockdown this morning after a shooting nearby left two people dead. According to Bolingbrook High Sch...
Oct 26, 2015
City water department employee shot while working in Gresham
(CHICAGO) A Chicago Department of Water Management employee was shot while on the job Friday morning in the South Side Gresham neighborhood. The 28-year-old man was shot in the face about 8 a.m. in th...
Oct 23, 2015
One Alderman Calling Uber’s Bluff
Photo Credit: Uber By Bill Cameron, 89 WLS-AM News As ridesharing company Uber is busy collecting signatures for a petition opposing a city plan to require drivers to have chauffeur licenses before th...
Oct 23, 2015
Another Politician Heads to the Slammer
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A former Illinois lawmaker, convicted of bribery and attempted extortion, has to report to prison today. In June 2014, former Illinois State Representative De...
Oct 23, 2015
Popular Spanish-language TV host found guilty of molesting girls
Elpidio “Juan” Contreras | Cook County Sheriff’s office (CHICAGO) The producer of a popular local Spanish-language music cable television show was convicted Thursday of molesting fou...
Oct 23, 2015
