Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Mom of man slain by cop accused of threatening his children
(CHICAGO) Hours after Dorothy Holmes learned Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez wouldn't charge a Chicago cop with murder for killing her son Ronald Johnson, she mentioned the officer's two te...
Dec 23, 2015
Buffalo Grove man charged with punching Metra conductor in face
(CHICAGO) A 51-year-old north suburban man has been charged with punching a Metra conductor in the face two weeks ago at Union Station, according to the transit agency. George J. Kopsias, 51, was char...
Dec 22, 2015
CPD Recruitment Looks Promising
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Recruitment efforts by the Chicago Police Department are looking successful. The department is trying to bring in more minority candidates and hundreds attended the la...
Dec 22, 2015
Speed cameras begin issuing tickets near Mulberry, Keystone parks
(CHICAGO) Automated Speed Enforcement cameras in two Children's Safety Zones will begin issuing tickets to speeding drivers starting Wednesday. The cameras are near Mulberry Park at 3200 S. Archer Ave...
Dec 22, 2015
Parts of Lake Shore, Grand to close for Navy Pier Flyover work
(CHICAGO) Parts of Lake Shore Drive will be closed downtown Tuesday as crews work to place concrete decks for the Navy Pier Flyover Lakefront Trail. The eastern lane of northbound upper Lake Shore Dri...
Dec 22, 2015
Police: Man followed woman from Red Line in Rogers Park sex assault
Surveillance footage of a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Rogers Park early Saturday, according to police. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Chicago Police are searching for a man who they say followed...
Dec 21, 2015
Police: Man caught in Loop with 100 fake debit cards, $44K in cash
Police say a man was stopped in the Loop with more than 100 fake debit cards and $44,000 on Saturday. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A man was arrested Saturday in the Loop with more than 100 fraud...
Dec 21, 2015
Cicero Town President Larry Dominick files for divorce
(CICERO) The on-again-off-again marriage of the Town of Cicero's First Couple appears to be off again, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Less than two years after his wife stopped divorce proceeding...
Dec 21, 2015
Mount Greenwood post office renamed for fallen Chicago firefighter
Officials dedicate the Mount Greenwood post office to fallen Chicago firefighter Herbie Johnson. | U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski’s office (CHICAGO) A Mount Greenwood neighborhood post office was rename...
Dec 21, 2015
Off-duty CPD officer shoots family member in domestic dispute
(CHICAGO) An off-duty Chicago Police officer shot a man she lives with inside their Dunning neighborhood home Sunday morning on the Northwest Side. Emergency crews responded at 10:37 a.m. to the shoot...
Dec 21, 2015
