Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police review authority boss ousted
(CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is replacing the head of the agency that investigates police-involved shootings in Chicago with former federal prosecutor Sharon Fairley, the city announced Sunday. Scott ...
Dec 07, 2015
Barge to be Setting for Workouts
This is the barge docked along the Riverwalk at Wabash and Wacker. The barge will be the setting for people to train and exercise beginning November 9th. . By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Ther...
Dec 04, 2015
Protestors Call for Citizen Oversight of CPD
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) At City Hall another group of activists showed up at the mayor’s door demanding him to resign and calling for new civilian control of the police dept to be en...
Dec 04, 2015
Weekend lane closures scheduled on I-290 for pavement work near Roselle
(ROSELLE) Lane closures on I-290 to westbound Illinois Route 390 near west suburban Roselle are scheduled to begin Friday for pavement work as part of the I-290 Interchange Project. The left lane on t...
Dec 04, 2015
Medical workers charged with falsely diagnosing patients
(CHICAGO) A psychiatrist and counselor in a Chicago medical practice were charged Thursday for falsely diagnosing individuals as disabled to help them avoid certain tests for U.S. citizenship. Marek W...
Dec 04, 2015
Broadview man drowns after driving into Schiller Park retention pond
Divers search a retention pond in Schiller Park after a crash early Sunday. | Network Video Productions UPDATES WITH ID, AUTOPSY (SCHILLER PARK) A west suburban man drowned after driving into a retent...
Dec 04, 2015
UPDATE: More than 100 hospitalized after CO incident at South Side school
(CHICAGO) More than 100 students and staff members were hospitalized after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected at a South Side elementary school Thursday morning. Horace Mann Elementary at 80...
Dec 04, 2015
$75K bond for teen who brought gun to Barrington High
(BARRINGTON) A northwest suburban high school student faces several felony charges for bringing an unloaded handgun and ammunition to school on Monday, prompting a lockdown, according to police. Kyle ...
Dec 03, 2015
Police: Missing Oak Park woman found dead in Forest Park
Alicia Yaus | Oak Park police UPDATES WITH FATALITY PER POLICE (OAK PARK) A 48-year-old woman who went missing from Oak Park over the weekend was found dead inside a vehicle in an industrial area in w...
Dec 03, 2015
Police warn of home burglaries in Lincoln Park, Old Town
Surveillance footage from a recent burglary. | Chicago Police photo (CHICAGO) Police are cautioning residents of the Lincoln Park and Old Town neighborhoods after six residential burglaries were repor...
Dec 03, 2015
