Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Rahm Emanuel reimburses city $7,000 following Tribune investigation
(Chicago) The Chicago Tribune has been keeping an eye on Mayor Emanuel's expenses and it has found more public funds spent on politics. Not once, nor twice, but now three times the Tribune ...
Dec 15, 2014
Lisa Madigan is out with a legal opinion on how Judy Baar Topinka should be replaced
(Chicago) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is out with a legal opinion on how the late Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka should be replaced. Lisa Madigan’s official opinion is that Go...
Dec 15, 2014
3 killed, 29 wounded in weekend shootings
(Chicago) A 15-year-old boy shot dead during a robbery attempt was among three people killed and at least 29 others wounded in shootings across the city this weekend. Demario Bailey, of the 7500...
Dec 15, 2014
Police warn of two similar armed robberies at North Side stores
(Chicago) Police are warning of two similar recent armed robberies of small retail stores on the North Side that happened just two days apart. During both robberies, a suspect entered the store,...
Dec 15, 2014
Attorney General Eric Holder was in Chicago for a roundtable
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Dec 12, 2014
Police: Lynwood teen fatally shot himself while on Facetime with friend
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Dec 12, 2014
Public Memorial Service scheduled for Judy Baar Topinka
CHICAGO – A public Memorial Service honoring longtime state leader Judy Baar Topinka will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 17 at the Local 150, 6200 Joliet Rd., Countryside. Fellow st...
Dec 11, 2014
‘Psychopath’ ex-cop gets life in prison plus five years for torture plot
(Chicago) Former Chicago cop Steve Mandell was sentenced to life in prison plus five years Thursday after a federal judge ruled that the public needs to be protected from him, the Chicago ...
Dec 11, 2014
Man suspected in three previous bank robberies strikes again in Berwyn
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Dec 11, 2014
Facebook quarrel leads to standoff, SWAT team response in west suburbs
(AURORA TWP.) A fight between two men over a Facebook post led to a two-and-a-half hour standoff that ended with a SWAT team raiding a west suburban home earlier this week. About 10:40 p.m. Mond...
Dec 11, 2014
