Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Tommy Schaefer’s cousin pleads not guilty to aiding Bali murder plot
(CHICAGO) A man accused of helping plot the sensational murder in Bali of a Chicago socialite pleaded not guilty Thursday to a federal indictment, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Robert Bibbs is a...
Oct 30, 2015
Nailah Franklin’s boyfriend says he sent her an email asking: ‘Are you alive?’
(CHICAGO) When Andre Wright didn't hear from his new girlfriend for several hours on a fall day eight years ago, he called her and left a voicemail. He didn't get a call back on Sept 18, 2007. Instead...
Oct 30, 2015
Attorney Joseph “The Shark” Lopez charged with hitting client
(CHICAGO) "The Shark" has gotten hooked. Well-known criminal defense attorney Joseph "The Shark" Lopez was charged with one count of simple battery for allegedly striking an inmate in the holding area...
Oct 30, 2015
Police: Logan Square school burglarized three times in two months
(CHICAGO) A school in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side has been burglarized three times in the last two months, prompting police to issue a community alert. St. Sylvester School, lo...
Oct 30, 2015
Yellow Line Back In Service Today
By Nick Gale, 89 WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The CTA’s Yellow Line reopens today after being shut down for more than five months. Service was halted May 17th after a Metropolitan Water Reclamation Dis...
Oct 30, 2015
Man Pleads Guilty To Terrorist Related Charges
By Nick Gale, WLS News (BOLINGBROOK, IL) A Bolingbrook man who was arrested at O’Hare trying to board a flight overseas to join ISIS pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material suppor...
Oct 29, 2015
New lanes scheduled to open on Illinois Route 390 Friday
(CHICAGO) New lanes will open in each direction on Illinois Route 390 in the northwest suburbs on Friday morning as part of the Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project. The work provides new pavement on t...
Oct 29, 2015
Police seek suspect in Villa Park trail attack
(VILLA PARK) Police in Villa Park are looking for a man who attacked someone walking along a trail Wednesday morning in the northwest suburb. The victim was walking alone on the Great Western Trail be...
Oct 29, 2015
High school football concussion lawsuit dismissed
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) The Cook County Circuit Court has granted the Illinois High School Association's motion to dismiss a football concussion lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed last year, claimed...
Oct 28, 2015
Chicago city budget approved but with much opposition
By Bill Cameron, WLS News Chicago aldermen have approved Mayor Emanuel’s controversial 2016 city budget, but with quite a few no votes Emanuel's bad-news budget with nearly a billion dollars of ...
Oct 28, 2015
