Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Suspect taken into custody after Elgin incident
(ELGIN) A suspect is in custody after an apparent barricade situation Monday morning in northwest suburban Elgin. Officers responded to an incident in the 1000 block of Dundee Road before 7 a.m. and s...
Aug 10, 2015
Elderly man dies after Northbrook crash
(CHICAGO) An elderly north suburban man died Friday night of injuries he suffered in a crash last week in Northbrook. Seymour Laurie, 88, was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m. at Advocate Lutheran General...
Aug 10, 2015
Ald. David Moore punched on South Side street
(CHICAGO) Ald. David Moore (17th) was punched while trying to disperse prostitutes on a block of his ward early Sunday in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. Moore was driving home from...
Aug 10, 2015
Bomb threat at Wrigley Field unfounded
(CHICAGO) Media, staff, players and some remaining fans were evacuated from Wrigley Field on Sunday evening as Chicago Police investigated a bomb threat an hour after the game between the Cubs and the...
Aug 10, 2015
Man shot in both feet in River North
Glass is shattered at a River North bus stop near where a man was shot late Sunday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A 26-year-old man was shot in both feet late Sunday in River North. About 11:4...
Aug 10, 2015
WEATHER – Patchy Fog Early. Isolated Thunderstorm this Morning. Scattered Showers and Storms this Afternoon. High 83F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS Forecast Monday, August 10th, 2015 Cloudy with patchy dense fog early today. The morning commute could be difficult due to the fog. A chance for isolated...
Aug 10, 2015
St. Charles man indicted for $1.9M union fraud scheme at SW Side companies
(CHICAGO) A west suburban man, former president of a Southwest Side construction company, has been indicted for defrauding $1.9 million from his employees' union benefit funds. Yashvant C. Patel, 59, ...
Aug 07, 2015
Police: Fight at bar led to shots being fired at home near Oswego
(OSWEGO) Following an altercation at a bar in Aurora, someone in a car fired shots at a home near west suburban Oswego early Sunday, according to police. Sometime before 6 a.m., shots fired at a home ...
Aug 06, 2015
Cops: Man slashed woman’s tire, led officers to Xanax stash in Oswego
(OSWEGO) Two men have been charged after one of them slashed the tires on a woman's car earlier this year in west suburban Oswego, leading police to a vehicle that had drugs in it, authorities said. A...
Aug 06, 2015
Mom and new baby sloth can be seen hanging around at Lincoln Park Zoo
A baby sloth was born to first-time mom Hersey on July 25 at the Lincoln Park Zoo. | Lincoln Park Zoo photo (CHICAGO) A baby two-toed sloth was born recently at the Lincoln Park Zoo, but zoo staff don...
Aug 06, 2015
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