Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Holy Cross Hospital to get Level 1 trauma center on South Side
(CHICAGO) After years of fighting for an adult trauma center, the South Side will finally get one at Holy Cross Hospital, the Sun-Times is reporting. Sinai Health System and the University of Chicago ...
Sep 11, 2015
UPDATE: Police say bodies found in garage where Riverdale man ran unlicensed mortuary
(CHICAGO) Four bodies and other human remains were found Wednesday in the garage of a south suburban home where the homeowner was conducting an illegal in-home mortuary business, according to police. ...
Sep 10, 2015
First human cases of West Nile reported in DuPage, Kane counties
(CAROL STREAM) The first human cases of West Nile virus in 2015 have been reported in west suburban DuPage and Kane counties. A Carol Stream woman in her 50s was diagnosed with the virus but was not h...
Sep 10, 2015
Sketch released of child found in Garfield Park lagoon
Chicago Police released a composite sketch Thursday of a child found dismembered in the Garfield Park lagoon. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Chicago Police on Thursday released an artist's composit...
Sep 10, 2015
Deputies rescue combative, suicidal teen from fourth-floor of parking garage
(DEER PARK) Lake County sheriff's deputies saved a combative teenager from jumping from the fourth-floor of parking garage Tuesday night in northwest suburban Deer Park. About 9 p.m., a deputy was pat...
Sep 10, 2015
Heard on The Big John Howell Show: Coats criticizes GOP on shutdown threat
By John Dempsey, WLS News Indiana Republican U.S. Senator Dan Coats is criticizing his fellow Republicans in the House, who are setting the stage for a government shutdown later this month. Coats told...
Sep 10, 2015
Sikh man attack in suburbs, hate crime suspected
By John Dempsey, 89 WLS-AM News (DARIEN) Police in west suburban Darien say the attack on a Sikh man this week was a hate crime. Darien police say Inderjit Singh Mukker, who is a U.S. citizen, was dri...
Sep 10, 2015
Bloomingdale doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud
(BLOOMINGDALE) A northwest suburban doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a Medicare fraud scheme that caused losses to the program of at least $4 million. Dr. Arthur Davida, 62, who was a...
Sep 09, 2015
Police: Young female jogger sexually assaulted near Joliet
Police released a sketch of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a female jogger Sunday morning near Joliet. | Illinois State Police (JOLIET) Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a ...
Sep 09, 2015
Man gets 10 years for Park Ridge carjacking vehicle with sleeping boy inside
Deangelo Fountain | Park Ridge police (CHICAGO) An Evanston man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for carjacking a vehicle with a sleeping boy in the back seat. Deangelo Fountain also receiv...
Sep 09, 2015
