Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Cook County inmate attacks his lawyer at jail: officials
(Chicago) A Cook County Jail inmate awaiting trial on sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping charges allegedly attacked his assistant public defender Wednesday at the jail, the Chicago Sun-Tim...
Dec 11, 2014
Extra-alarm blaze extinguished at Firehouse restaurant
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Dec 10, 2014
Two in custody after van crashes into Neiman Marcus on Mag Mile
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Dec 10, 2014
Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka has died at the age of 70
(Chicago) Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, the straight talking, tell-it-like-it-is politician who spent more than three decades in Illinois politics, has died unexpectedly at the age of ...
Dec 10, 2014
Police: Driver crashed car after refusing to pull over, stole shoes while running away
(CHESTERTON, Ind.) A Joliet man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly refused to pull over while speeding in northwest Indiana, crashed the car he was driving and then broke into a garage to ...
Dec 05, 2014
Graffiti from Kennedy Expy sign removed in quickest way possible, IDOT says
(Chicago) Graffiti on a key inbound Kennedy Expressway sign was addressed in the quickest way possible by removing it during the morning rush hour about two hours after being notified of its exi...
Dec 05, 2014
Ex-State Rep Keith Farnham pleads guilty in child porn case
(Chicago) Former Illinois State Rep. Keith Farnham will likely die behind bars after he pleaded guilty Friday to trading child pornography online, the Sun-Times is reporting. Farnham, 66, admitt...
Dec 05, 2014
Hundreds march through city to protest police-involved deaths
(Chicago) Hundreds of people took to the streets of Chicago on Thursday night, protesting recent high-profile police-involved incidents — including the New York grand jury’s decision...
Dec 05, 2014
Man shot to death on I-80/94 may be linked to second shooting
(HAMMOND, Ind.) The death of a man shot Thursday night while driving on the Borman Expressway in northwest Indiana may be linked to the fatal shooting of another man found dead in a car nearby. Indian...
Dec 05, 2014
99-year-old woman is Cook County’s seventh cold-related death
(Chicago) A 99-year-old woman who died of cold exposure Wednesday in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood is Cook County’s seventh cold-related death of the season. Modsite Dearing w...
Dec 05, 2014
