Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police: Drunk driver blew five red lights in front of Riverside cop
Erik Quiroz | photo from Riverside police (RIVERSIDE) A Berwyn man is charged with DUI after he allegedly drove past a marked police car and through five...
Feb 04, 2015
City deploys 650 snow-removal tools, 300 workers to neighborhood streets
(CHICAGO) The city will deploy 650 pieces of snow-removal equipment Wednesday morning to continue clearing neighborhood streets of the weekend’s historic blizzard and more snowfall from Tue...
Feb 04, 2015
Read: Text of Governor Bruce Rauner’s State of the State Address
Governor Bruce Rauner’s State of the State Address Office of the Governor Bruce Rauner Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Good Afternoon. President Cullerton Speaker Madigan Leader Radogno Leader Durki...
Feb 03, 2015
Lockdown caused by manpower shortage at Cook County Jail ends
(Chicago) Normal operations have resumed at Cook County Jail after a shortage of manpower caused Sheriff Tom Dart to order a lockdown Monday. The sheriff ordered the lockdown after about 36 perc...
Feb 03, 2015
Six treated for nausea aboard United flight leaving O’Hare
(Chicago) Six people were treated after the cabin lost pressure aboard a United flight Tuesday morning at O’Hare International Airport. United Flight 1218 from Chicago to Denver returned t...
Feb 03, 2015
CPS cancels class Monday after 5th-largest snowstorm in city history
(CHICAGO) The first blizzard of the season buried Chicago under more than a foot-and-a-half of snow and prompted a flurry of cancellations Monday — among them classes at Chicago Public Scho...
Feb 02, 2015
Blizzard could leave more than a foot of snow in Chicago by Monday
(Chicago) With an upcoming blizzard and up to 15 inches of snow expected, the National Weather Service is asking Chicago area residents not to travel during Super Bowl Sunday. “Driving wil...
Feb 01, 2015
Police chase lands Water Dept employees in South Side trench
(CHICAGO) A vehicle being chased by police caused two Water Department employees to fall into a trench in the South Deering neighborhood early Friday. The two employees, a man and woman, fell int...
Jan 30, 2015
Lake Bluff roofer charged with stealing $9,000 deposit
(LAKE BLUFF) A roofing contractor in north suburban Lake Bluff has been charged with theft for allegedly taking a $9,000 deposit for a job he never did. Robert J. Madro, 57, entered into a contract in...
Jan 30, 2015
It’s Round Two of nuns versus strippers in western suburbs
(MELROSE PARK) Warning: This story contains a reference to “high-friction bodily interactions for money.” Or as the not-gonna-take-anymore nuns of Melrose Park also call it in their l...
Jan 30, 2015
