Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Suit: Backpage.com’s profits suffered after Dart went to credit card companies
(CHICAGO) Backpage.com, a classified ad website, filed a motion for injunctive relief against Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart Tuesday, saying he overstepped his bounds and adversely affected their busine...
Jul 22, 2015
UPDATE: $500K bond for man shot by cops during Near North Side bat attack
A Chicago Police officer shot a man suspected of wielding a bat early Sunday in Lincoln Park. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man shot by police after officers saw him beating someone w...
Jul 22, 2015
Convicted sex offender charged with sexual assault of 6-year-old in Stickney
(BRIDGEVIEW) A 60-year-old man who's already spent time in prison for sexual abuse is back behind bars Tuesday after being charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a 6-year-old outside his west sub...
Jul 22, 2015
Parolee back in jail after large amount of drugs found during traffic stop
A large amount of heroin and other narcotics was found in a secret compartment in a car that was pulled over for speeding in Riverside last week. | Riverside police (RIVERSIDE) A parolee pulled over f...
Jul 22, 2015
Man pulled from Lake Michigan identified
(CHICAGO) A body pulled from Lake Michigan early Tuesday in the Gold Coast neighborhood has been identified as a 49-year-old Uptown man. About 6:35 a.m., a pedestrian on the Lakefront Trail in the 800...
Jul 22, 2015
WEATHER – Some sun this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon. High 82F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Weather Forecast Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Much more comfortable the next couple of days. Storm chances, greater humidity levels return by the weekend....
Jul 22, 2015
Bolingbrook man gets three years for killing friend in DUI crash
Luis Jimenez | DuPage County sheriff’s office (WHEATON) A southwest suburban man who was legally intoxicated when he crashed a car, killing his friend and injuring another person and himself in ...
Jul 21, 2015
OSHA investigating after suburban man killed in forklift accident
(ELK GROVE VILLAGE) A 22-year-old man died Friday afternoon in a forklift mishap while unloading a truck at his workplace at a northwest suburban facility. At 2:47 p.m., Daniel Blatz died at 1201 Este...
Jul 21, 2015
Ramps in Schaumburg to close as Route 390 project continues
(SCHAUMBURG) More ramp closures are scheduled to start Monday for drivers on Route 390 in the northwest suburbs. Ramps that connect Route 390 to Gary Avenue and Springingsguth Road in Schaumburg will ...
Jul 21, 2015
Palatine man barricades himself, then falls asleep inside home
(PALATINE) A man barricaded himself inside his northwest suburban home Sunday afternoon for nearly three hours after an argument with his mother, but the situation ended peacefully when he fell asleep...
Jul 21, 2015
