Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
U of C, nurses union reach ‘tentative agreement’ to avoid strike
(CHICAGO) The University of Chicago Medical Center and the National Nurses United union have reached a "tentative agreement" for a new collective bargaining agreement, staving off a potential nurses s...
Apr 28, 2015
Semi driver’s sneeze causes rollover crash near Portage
(PORTAGE, Ind.) A semi truck driver's ill-timed sneeze sent his rig rolling onto its side Monday morning in northwest Indiana. A semi truck hauling a 45,000-lb. steel coil rolled over Monday after the...
Apr 28, 2015
Lane closures, repairs coming to 4 Tri-State toll plazas
(GREEN OAKS) Long-term lane closures on the Tri-State Tollway start this week as crews begin making repairs to four toll plazas in the northern suburbs. Crews will be repairing guardrails, barrier wal...
Apr 28, 2015
Overnight lane closures begin for bridge painting near Tri-State, Jane Addams interchange
(ROSEMONT) Two weeks of overnight lane closures begin Tuesday on the Tri-State Tollway near Rosemont as crews prepare for a bridge painting project. One southbound lane of the Tri-State (I-294) betwee...
Apr 28, 2015
Cubs fan hospitalized after being struck by flying bat at Wrigley
(CHICAGO) A Cubs fan was hospitalized after he was struck by a bat during Monday night's ballgame at Wrigley Field. The bat "inadvertently flew into the stands" during the 7th inning and struck a fan,...
Apr 28, 2015
Man charged with DUI for crash that killed 3-year-old boy
(CICERO) A Cicero man has been charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance in connection with a crash in 2013 that killed a 3-year-old boy in the Archer Heights neighborhood on ...
Apr 28, 2015
Man charged with peeping in women’s windows in Riverside
Ronald J. Wortel | Riverside police (CHICAGO) A man has been charged with peeping in women's windows and watching them get ready for bed earlier this month in west suburban Riverside. Ronald J....
Apr 28, 2015
Roadwork to reduce Route 59 to one lane in Naperville, Aurora
(NAPERVILLE) Roadwork on Illinois Route 59 will require a major traffic pattern shift in the west suburbs starting Wednesday and lasting through September. The new traffic pattern will be installed on...
Apr 28, 2015
Feds went to Chinatown looking for food — and fraud
(CHICAGO) First, federal agents dined at several of celebrity chef Tony Hu's Chinatown restaurants. Then they returned in October with a warrant - hoping to feast on evidence of tax fraud, according t...
Apr 28, 2015
Man robs Loop bank
(CHICAGO) A man robbed a Loop bank branch Thursday afternoon. About 2: 30 p.m., the man walked into the bank in the 0 - 100 block of South Lasalle Street and spoke with a teller, before running away w...
Apr 24, 2015
