Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Oak Brook couple sent threatening letter to judges
Sanford Kramer (left), Cynthia Kramer | DuPage County state’s attorney (OAK BROOK) A west suburban couple have been charged with illegally contacting two DuPage County judges, including by sendi...
Aug 31, 2015
Authorities ID one of two men found dead in ‘suspicious’ SW Side fire
(CHICAGO) At least one of the two men found dead in a swift-moving fire Saturday morning in Garfield Ridge lived in the Southwest Side home where arson blaze was set, authorities said. The Cook County...
Aug 31, 2015
Firefighters battle extra-alarm blaze at Lincoln Square Lanes
Firefighters battle an extra-alarm blaze at Lincoln Square Lanes early Monday on the North Side. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times UPDATED AT 5:25am (CHICAGO) A family-owned, nearly 100-year-old bowling alley ...
Aug 31, 2015
Motorcyclist killed in Eisenhower ramp crash
A motorcycle rider was killed after a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway early Monday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway early Mon...
Aug 31, 2015
Prosecutors: Oak Brook couple sent threatening letter to judges
(OAK BROOK) A west suburban couple have been charged with illegally contacting two DuPage County judges, including by sending a threatening letter earlier this month. Sanford Kramer, 65, sent two lett...
Aug 30, 2015
High levels of fecal matter in Chicago River
By John Dempsey, WLS News (Chicago) You might want to think twice before taking your next kayak trip down the Chicago River. The Chicago Tribune says new testing from the Metropolitan Water Reclamatio...
Aug 29, 2015
$10 million bond for Crest Hill man accused of strangling girlfriend
Cesar Garcia | Will County sheriff’s office (CREST HILL) A southwest suburban man was ordered held on a $10 million Thursday on charges that he strangled his girlfriend in Crest Hill Tuesday. Ce...
Aug 28, 2015
Police: Aurora man fooled clerks into handing over cash in ruse burglaries
John Loresch | Aurora Police Department (AURORA) A 47-year-old west suburban is accused of duping two store clerks into giving him cash during a series of ruses last month in Aurora. John Loresch face...
Aug 28, 2015
Police: Elderly Zion woman attacked on bike path
(ZION) A 70-year-old north suburban woman was attacked on a bicycle path in Zion Thursday morning, police said. The victim left her home off 30th Street around 6 a.m. to walk along the Robert McClory ...
Aug 28, 2015
UPDATE: 2 killed, 7 injured in Robbins crash
A vehicle sits on its roof after a three-car crash in Robbins late Thursday. | Network Video Productions (ROBBINS) Two people were killed and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle crash Thursda...
Aug 28, 2015
