Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Business owner charged with selling lampshades with fake Blackhawks logos
Copyright 2015 Sun-Times Media, LLC. All rights reserved. (ELK GROVE VILLAGE) A northwest suburban business owner has been charged with selling unlicensed sports merchandise, including thousands of la...
Jun 10, 2015
Museum bows to pressure – will remove Hastert car
By John Dempsey, WLS News The fall from grace continues for Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Hastert has pleaded not guilty to Federal charges of failing to follow government bank reporting g...
Jun 10, 2015
Man sentenced to 67 years in prison for murdering woman, daughter
(CHICAGO) A South Side man was sentenced to 67 years in prison Tuesday for brutally stabbing a woman and her daughter to death, the Sun-Times is reporting. Thadeus Ridley pleaded guilty to killing Che...
Jun 10, 2015
Police warn of armed robberies in Irving Park
(CHICAGO) Police are cautioning residents of the Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side after two recent armed robberies were reported on the same block. Both robberies occurred in the 4300 bl...
Jun 10, 2015
Explosives found in Berkeley home, destroyed in nearby quarry
(BERKELEY) Live explosives were found in a home Monday in west suburban Berkeley, authorities said. Crews from Berkeley and the Cook County Sheriff's Bomb Disposal Unit responded to a Berkeley home so...
Jun 10, 2015
Man missing from West Loop since May
(CHICAGO) A man who relocated to Chicago from Texas has been missing from the West Loop since May. Barry Balduf | Chicago Police photo Barry Balduf, 58, was last seen May 21 at his place of employment...
Jun 10, 2015
Man shot in wrist while driving on Dan Ryan
(CHICAGO) A man was shot in the wrist while driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Monday on the South Side. The man, either 23 or 24 years old, was driving a black Chevrolet Suburban on I-90/94 nea...
Jun 8, 2015
Police: Girl, 14, killed in crash on Tri-State Tollway
(LINCOLNSHIRE) A 14-year-old girl was killed and seven other people were injured in a crash Sunday night on the Tri-State Tollway (I-94) near north suburban Lincolnshire, police said. About 10:15 p.m....
Jun 8, 2015
Naperville firefighter hurt after floor collapses in burning home
(NAPERVILLE) A Naperville firefighter was injured after the first floor of a burning home he was inside collapsed, causing him to fall to the basement. Firefighters responded to the blaze about 10 a.m...
Jun 8, 2015
WEATHER – Isolated thunderstorms. High 81°F.
Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Monday, June 8th, 2015 STRAY THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE CHICAGO AREA WITH SKIES TRENDING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SUNRISE AND SUNSET JUNE 8 2015 – SUNRISE 516 AM CDT SUNSET 825...
Jun 8, 2015
