Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
State police investigate shots fired on Stevenson Expressway
(CHICAGO) State police are investigating after a woman’s car was struck by a bullet early Friday while she was driving on the Stevenson Expressway (I-55) on the South Side. The car was shot...
Jan 30, 2015
Over 6 inches of snow expected Saturday night, Super Bowl Sunday
(Chicago) A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the entire Chicagoland area with forecasts now calling for more than 8 inches to fall over much of region starting Saturday night with the pote...
Jan 30, 2015
Police warn of series of violent assaults on women in South Loop
(Chicago) Police are warning women of recent series of violent assaults and robberies in the South Loop. In each incident, at least one man approached a woman from behind, pushed or punched her ...
Jan 28, 2015
Road rage leads to shots fired at Chicago man
(LAKE STATION, Ind.) A ride through northwest Indiana almost turned deadly for a Chicago man after some mutual road rage turned into gunshots being fired at him on I-80/94. What Indiana State Po...
Jan 28, 2015
Darien man gets 65 years for kidnapping ex, killing her boyfriend
photo courtesy of Sun Times Media (WHEATON) A former west suburban man will spend 65 years in prison for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend after fatally stabbing h...
Jan 28, 2015
Elwood railroad crossing closing Wednesday
(ELWOOD) A railroad crossing in southwest suburban Elwood is shutting down Wednesday. Walter Strawn Drive will be closed to traffic at the Union Pacific Railroad tracks just west of Illinois Rout...
Jan 28, 2015
Former city supervisor gets probation for selling confiscated cigarettes
photo courtesy Cook County Police (CHICAGO) A former city supervisor was sentenced to two years probation Tuesday after admitting he stole cigarette carto...
Jan 28, 2015
Police: Man with Taser robbed female at South Loop CTA station
Police are searching for a man who displayed a Taser before robbing a female of her cellphone at a South Loop CTA stattion last week. | Chicago Police photo (CHICAGO) P...
Jan 28, 2015
Parents wanted for Las Vegas kidnapping arrested at Lake County truck stop
photo from Lake County sheriff's office (RUSSELL) A man and a woman wanted for kidnapping two children from Las Vegas in 2006 were arrested...
Jan 28, 2015
Police: Man who prompted Geneva hospital lockdown arrested, charged
(GENEVA) A man who police say brandished a knife in a west suburban hospital was taken into police custody in northwest Indiana Tuesday night. Justin B. Patzer, 31, was arrested by the Hammond Police ...
Jan 28, 2015
