Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Street closures, reroutes go into effect for Taste of Chicago
(CHICAGO) On an already challenging traffic weekend in Chicago, several street closures and CTA reroutes will take effect in the Loop as set-up begins for the Taste of Chicago, which begins next week ...
Jul 03, 2015
Woman gets 22 years for beating boyfriend to death with frying pan
Nora P. Leach-Peterson | Kane County state’s attorney’s office (ST. CHARLES) A northwest suburban woman has pleaded guilty Thursday to beating her boyfriend to death with a frying pan in t...
Jul 03, 2015
Man found dead in carnival area at Naperville Ribfest
(NAPERVILLE) A man was found dead Thursday afternoon on the grounds of the annual Ribfest in west suburban Naperville. The man was found unresponsive about 2:48 p.m. in the carnival section of the fes...
Jul 03, 2015
Man accused of illegally entering private club in Aurora to watch girls swim
Damien Dickens | DuPage County sheriff’s office (WHEATON) When young girls became uncomfortable with a man watching their swimming practice at a private west suburban club, he was asked to leave...
Jul 03, 2015
Man killed girlfriend, wrote about it on Facebook: prosecutors
James E. Thomas | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A West Garfield Park man strangled his live-in girlfriend and then confessed to killing her on Facebook, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday. James E. Thom...
Jul 03, 2015
Fifth person charged in Canaryville attack that left siblings stabbed
Robert McEvoy | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A fifth person has been charged with attempted murder for a fight that left three people injured last month in the South Side Canaryville neighborhood. Robert ...
Jul 03, 2015
Kendall County swears in new mounted patrol unit
Kendall County Sheriff Dwight Baird swears in Deputies Terry Benson, Cindy Benson and Cherese Spears June 29 to form the office’s new mounted patrol unit. | Kendall County sheriff’s office...
Jul 02, 2015
Boy hit by vehicle, critically wounded in South Shore
(CHICAGO) A 10-year-old boy was listed in critical condition after he was hit by a vehicle in the South Shore neighborhood Wednesday evening. About 5:30 p.m., the boy was hit by a vehicle in the 2000 ...
Jul 02, 2015
UPDATE: Person uses BB gun, fires at Pace bus on Eisenhower Expressway
UPDATES WITH CORRECTION, PER POLICE (CHICAGO) Someone used a BB gun to shoot at a special needs Pace bus Wednesday night on the Eisenhower Expressway. The shooting happened about 11 p.m. in the eastbo...
Jul 02, 2015
UPDATE: Man charged with fatal stabbing in Logan Square
Ruben Quispe-Trujillo | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man earlier this week in a Logan Square neighborhood backyard on the Northwest Side. Ru...
Jul 01, 2015
