Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Officials: One killed when Metra strikes vehicle in Woodstock
(WOODSTOCK) One person was killed when a Metra train struck a vehicle in far northwest suburban Woodstock Wednesday afternoon, officials said. About 5 p.m., Woodstock fire crews responded to a train c...
Feb 26, 2015
BGA asking comptroller’s office to turn over state employment records
(CHICAGO) A Freedom of Information Act request for a list of state employees ordered not to be fired during Gov. Bruce Rauner’s transition was unjustly denied, a newly filed lawsuit alleges...
Feb 26, 2015
15th case of measles confirmed in Cook County – UPDATE
(CHICAGO) An adult in suburban Cook County has tested positive for measles, state and county health officials said Wednesday. There have now been 15 cases of measles in Illinois, all in Cook Coun...
Feb 25, 2015
Teen who shot himself charged with shooting at car full of people
(CHICAGO) A teenager has been charged with shooting at a vehicle full of people he mistook for rival gang members, but instead injuring himself Sunday morning on the South Side. The 17-year-old b...
Feb 24, 2015
Ernie Banks had just $16K when he died, caretaker
(CHICAGO) Ernie Banks had assets of just $16,000 when he died last month, according to a lawyer for the caregiver at the center of the bitter dispute over the Cubs’ legend’s will, the...
Feb 24, 2015
Nurses claim they were fired for reporting misconduct at Evanston clinic
(EVANSTON) Two nurses are claiming they were fired from a north suburban mental health clinic after they unveiled illegal conduct. Saundria Gray and Vanessa Iverson filed a lawsuit Monday against...
Feb 24, 2015
UIC student charged with sexual assault while re-creating ’50 Shades of Grey’
Mohammad Hossain | Cook County sheriff's office (CHICAGO) A University of Illinois at Chicago student was ordered held on $500,000 bail Monday...
Feb 24, 2015
Evanston man facing drug charges over cannabis delivery
Michael H. Perrine | Evanston police (EVANSTON) A north suburban man was arrested Friday after a package containing more than 14 pounds of cannabis was delivered to ...
Feb 24, 2015
State scores high in college completion: report
(ILLINOIS) Illinois won impressive scores in a report to be published Tuesday on college-completion rates, ranking among only a dozen states where more than 70 percent of students at four-year pu...
Feb 24, 2015
Major work to start March 7 on Jane Byrne Interchange; project to last 16 months
(CHICAGO) Drivers approaching the Jane Byrne Interchange — now one of the nation’s worst bottlenecks — will face a spaghetti bowl of detours and reduced lanes for more than a ye...
Feb 24, 2015
