Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Alderman JoAnn Thompson has died
(CHICAGO) Ald. JoAnn Thompson (16th) has died, a source confirmed Tuesday morning. Thompson, 58, had been hospitalized recently with heart-related ailment and had undergone surgery, the Chicago S...
Feb 10, 2015
Man with multiple gunshot, stab wounds found dead in apartment
Police investigate after a man was found dead with multiple gunshot and stab wounds in a Near West Side apartment Monday night. | photo from Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was found de...
Feb 10, 2015
Three more measles cases in Illinois confirmed
(COOK COUNTY) Three additional cases of measles have been confirmed in Illinois, bringing the total to 9 this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Monday. Eight of those confirmed ...
Feb 10, 2015
Feds side with Sara Lee workers subjected to racist taunts
(CHICAGO) The Feds have sided with employees of a now-shuttered Sara Lee plant, finding managers at the Texas facility subjected African-American workers to racist taunts while assigning them to ...
Feb 10, 2015
Berwyn man is 19th snow-shoveling fatality since blizzard
(Chicago) At least 19 people across the Chicago area have died from causes related to shoveling snow this season since Super Bowl weekend’s massive blizzard. The snowstorm, fifth-largest i...
Feb 09, 2015
Judge orders teen charged with attacking mayor’s son held in custody
(Chicago) A Cook County juvenile court judge ordered the teen charged with mugging Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s son be held in custody given the boy’s frequent contact with law enforcement. ...
Feb 09, 2015
Drew Peterson charged with trying to hire hitman to kill prosecutor
Drew Peterson / photo cred...
Feb 09, 2015
Two men charged after shooting, 4-hour standoff in Aurora
Montgomery police photo (MONTGOMERY) Two Aurora men have been charged after a west suburban shooting that led to a four-hour standoff with police on Friday. Kenneth F. Newso...
Feb 09, 2015
Mother claims Bellwood school employee shoved 4-year-old into locker
(BELLWOOD) A lawsuit filed Thursday claims a preschool employee shoved a 4-year-old girl into a locker last year in west suburban Bellwood. The girl’s mother filed the suit in Cook County C...
Feb 06, 2015
Man dies in Uptown apartment after apparent carbon monoxide exposure
The scene of the incident in Uptown. / Photo from NVP. (CHICAGO) A man died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday night at an apartment complex in the Uptown neighborhood on the North ...
Feb 06, 2015
