Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Woman killed in head-on crash near Lemont
A woman was killed in a head-on crash early Tuesday near Lemont. | Network Video Productions (LEMONT) A woman was killed and another person was seriously injured in a head-on crash early Tuesday near ...
Oct 07, 2015
Cash fare increase on agenda at Pace public budget hearings
(CHICAGO) Pace bus riders who pay cash might have to shell out an extra quarter for their commute under a new proposal for the transit agency's 2016 budget. The possible 25-cent fare hike-which wouldn...
Oct 07, 2015
New Scam Targeting Businesses Statewide
By Nick Gale, 89 WLS News Businesses beware … there’s a new scam targeting Illinois corporations. Secretary of State Jesse White says a firm called the "Illinois Council for Corporations" ...
Oct 07, 2015
Indiana: No Bar At Dunes State Park
By Nick Gale, WLS News Booze will not be flowing at the Indiana Dunes State Park after the state turned down a developers request to bring a restaurant, bar and banquet hall to the beachfront. Indiana...
Oct 06, 2015
Black Caucus Wants Him Out But Rahm Backs McCarthy
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) Embattled Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy got a vote of confidence this morning from Mayor Rahm Emanuel as the Chicago City Council's Black Caucus calls for th...
Oct 06, 2015
DUI suspect talked to himself about drugs hidden at home
Anthony Aranda | Riverside police (RIVERSIDE) Police found drugs and a sawed-off shotgun in a west suburban Lyons home after a DUI suspect was recorded talking to himself in the back of a police car a...
Oct 06, 2015
Possible weapon on campus puts Palos Heights high school on lockdown
(PALOS HEIGHTS) A high school in southwest suburban Palos Heights was put on lockdown Monday due to a possible weapon on campus or a school bus. Officials "received information" about the possible wea...
Oct 05, 2015
Three men charged with armed robberies in Oak Lawn and Alsip
Malik Adams (left), Andres Mendoza and Jacob F. Andres | Oak Lawn Police Department (OAK LAWN) Three men were charged Sunday in connection with two robberies in southwest suburban Oak Lawn and south s...
Oct 05, 2015
Police: 1 dead, 11 injured in weekend shootings across Chicago
(CHICAGO) One man was killed and at least 11 others - including a 14-year-old girl - have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night. The man was shot to death Sunday night in the We...
Oct 05, 2015
Heroin overdoses remind ex-Supt. Cline of 2006 epidemic
Customers line up for heroin in the 3700 block of West Grenshaw. | Photo in federal complaint (CHICAGO) As investigators work to pinpoint the cause of a rash of heroin overdoses that sent at least 74 ...
Oct 05, 2015
