Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police: Elgin man threatened neighbor with gun
Paul Sandoval | photo from Elgin police (ELGIN) A northwest suburban Elgin man is charged with threatening his neighbor with a gun over a noise complaint Mond...
Feb 17, 2015
Man killed in North Side fire
(CHICAGO) A man hurt in a North Side fire Sunday succumbed to his injuries, fire officials said. The man — described only as an adult — died Monday of injuries he sustained in a fire ...
Feb 17, 2015
Man charged with running drug operation at Oak Park home
(OAK PARK) Three people are facing charges after police traced a west suburban drug operation back to an Oak Park home on Friday. Two Oak Park residents and a Chicago man were arrested at 6 a.m. at a ...
Feb 16, 2015
Chicago-born man to be inducted into Astronaut Hall of Fame
John H. Grunsfeld, Ph.D / photo from NASA website (CHICAGO) A retired NASA astronaut who was born in Chicago and worked on the Hubble Telescope will be inducted into th...
Feb 16, 2015
12 people hospitalized in Kennedy Expressway pileup
(CHICAGO) Slippery conditions on a snowy Sunday morning caused a 38-vehicle pileup on the Kennedy Expressway, sending 12 people to hospitals and shutting down traffic in the reversible lanes for ...
Feb 16, 2015
Police: Knife-wielding robber targeting Lake View fast-food joints
Surveillance footage of a man thought to have robbed two Lakeview restaurants in a week. / Chicago Police photo (CHICAGO) A man armed with a knife has robbed two Lake View fast-food restaura...
Feb 16, 2015
New citizen website could send O’Hare jet noise complaints soaring
(CHICAGO) A new, user-friendly citizen website threatens to send record complaints about O’Hare International Airport jet noise soaring even higher, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The new j...
Feb 16, 2015
‘Play-Along Bandit’ arrested after 10th bank robbery attempt in Wisconsin
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Feb 14, 2015
Two more Cook County measles cases bring state total to 13
(Chicago) Two more suburban Cook County children have been diagnosed with measles, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 13 in Illinois, officials said Friday. Both of the two new case...
Feb 14, 2015
Robbers steal more than $400K in diamonds from Schaumburg jewelry store
Surveillance photo of one of the suspects who stole $400,000 in diamonds from a Jared store in Schaumburg. / photo credit: Schaumburg poli...
Feb 12, 2015
