Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Attorney General Eric Holder was in Chicago for a roundtable
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Cumulus Media Dec 12, 2014

Police: Lynwood teen fatally shot himself while on Facetime with friend
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Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media 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 ...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2014

Man suspected in three previous bank robberies strikes again in Berwyn
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Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2014

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...
Cumulus Media Dec 11, 2014

Extra-alarm blaze extinguished at Firehouse restaurant
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Cumulus Media Dec 10, 2014

Two in custody after van crashes into Neiman Marcus on Mag Mile
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Cumulus Media 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 ...
Cumulus Media Dec 10, 2014