Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police: 4 cell phone stores burglarized on NW Side in last month
(Chicago) Police are warning Northwest Side business owners after a string of four burglaries at Irving Park neighborhood cell phone stores over the past month. Burglars have thrown bricks throu...
Dec 18, 2014
3 killed, 13 wounded in Wednesday shootings
(Chicago) Three people were killed and at least 13 others were wounded in shootings on Wednesday. In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was killed and another was wounded Wednesday afternoon ...
Dec 18, 2014
Illinois said farewell to the late State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka
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Dec 17, 2014
Alderman urges residents to howl about dog ban at Maggie Daley Park
(Chicago) Dog-loving downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) is urging his constituents to hound the Chicago Park District about its decision to ban dogs at its latest crown jewel: $60 million...
Dec 17, 2014
Man wins $200K lottery after playing fortune cookie numbers
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Dec 17, 2014
Man throws life preserver, aids rescue of person in Chicago River
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Dec 17, 2014
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
