Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Teacher charged with sexually assaulting student at Plainfield High School
Brian Smith | Plainfield police (PLAINFIELD) A southwest suburban teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female student at the school where ...
Mar 02, 2015
Update: Baby delivered in car off the Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park
Camila was born early Monday morning on the Eisenhower Expressway. | photo credit: West Suburban Medical Center (Oak Park) Aft...
Mar 02, 2015
March off to mild start after frigid February
(CHICAGO) After one of the coldest months in Chicago history, March has gotten off to a relatively warmer start that might put a little spring into commuters’ step to start the work week. S...
Mar 02, 2015
Lane closures on Illinois Route 171 in Lyons begin Monday
(LYONS) The Illinois Department of Transportation is set to close lanes along Illinois Route 171 in west suburban Lyons Monday for reconstruction of a bridge over 47th Street. Due to the construction,...
Mar 02, 2015
Police warn of North Side apartment burglaries
(CHICAGO) Police are warning residents on the North Side after three recent home burglaries in the Lake View and Uptown neighborhoods. In each incident, burglars entered apartments by force or th...
Mar 02, 2015
Stanley Friedman, dead at 94, finally won vet’s benefits 67 years after WWII
(CHICAGO) It took 11 times the length of World War II for Army veteran Stanley Friedman to win his battle with the V.A., the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. After 67 years of nightmares and bouts...
Mar 02, 2015
Burglars targeting electronics, jewelry in North Side homes
(Chicago) Police issued a community alert Thursday warning North Side residents of a string of recent burglaries in the Lincoln Square and West Ridge neighborhoods. At least one burglar breaks i...
Feb 26, 2015
Man found dead in woods in NW Indiana
(GARY, Ind.) Authorities are trying to identify a body found in a wooded area in northwest Indiana on Wednesday evening. Lake County, Ind., coroner’s investigators were called about 5:20 p.m. af...
Feb 26, 2015
$25K bond for Indiana man arrested with loaded gun at O’Hare
(CHICAGO) Bond was set at $25,000 on Wednesday for a southern Indiana man arrested for having a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag at O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday morning. Brian ...
Feb 26, 2015
Update – Lake-effect snow to linger through early evening
A plow downtown during Wednesday night's snowfall. | Network Video Productions (Chicago) The lake-effect snow that has already dropped more than 5 inches o...
Feb 26, 2015
