Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
City health department urges residents to test homes for radon
(CHICAGO) City health officials are encouraging residents to test their homes for harmful levels of radon this month. The Chicago Department of Public Health is participating in National Radon Ac...
Jan 23, 2015
Authorities investigate online threats against Bridgeview mosque
(BRIDGEVIEW) Authorities said Thursday that they are investigating a series of online threats made this week against a southwest suburban mosque, the Sun-Times is reporting. The threats, which began a...
Jan 23, 2015
Police warn of Lake View, Roscoe Village armed robberies
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police are cautioning Lake View and Roscoe Village neighborhood residents after two armed robberies occurred minutes apart late Wednesday, one involving an off-duty Cook County ...
Jan 23, 2015
Reward offered in Naperville bar burglary
(NAPERVILLE) A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspect who burglarized a west suburban Naperville bar in November. Sometime between Nov. 26 and Nov. 27, Thanksgivi...
Jan 23, 2015
Makeup days scheduled for CPS students — one in January, one in June
(CHICAGO) Chicago Public School students will have to make up the two days they received off for cold weather on January 30 and June 17, according to the district, the Sun-Times is reporting. CPS...
Jan 23, 2015
Construction to close portions of CTA Red, Green lines throughout weekend
(CHICAGO) Construction on CTA train tracks and stations will close portions of the Red and Green lines throughout the weekend. From 10 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday, southbound Red Line trains wil...
Jan 23, 2015
Children interrupt attempted sexual assault in Little Village home
(CHICAGO) A man tried to sexually assault a woman inside a Little Village neighborhood home on the West Side early Thursday but was scared off by children who woke up and heard the attack. The ma...
Jan 22, 2015
Judge orders evidence protected in Evanston UPS crash that left woman hurt
(EVANSTON) A Cook County judge has granted an emergency order of protection of evidence in a lawsuit filed over a crash that left a woman trapped underneath a UPS truck for 30 minutes last month ...
Jan 22, 2015
‘Skinny Jeans Bandit’ nabbed, feds say
(CHICAGO) With his tight jeans and his trademark preppy look, the “Skinny Jeans Bandit” kept making a clean-cut getaway. But the FBI says the serial bank robber’s stylish crime ...
Jan 21, 2015
Antioch man charged after string of north suburban burglaries
photo from Lake County Sheriff's office (WAUKEGAN) An Antioch man has been charged after a series of burgl...
Jan 21, 2015
