Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Ex-chief of staff to Alderman Brookins pleads guilty to taking bribe
(Chicago) A former chief of staff to Ald. Howard Brookins pleaded guilty Thursday to taking a $7,500 cash bribe from an undercover FBI informant at a 2013 Christmas party at the alderman’s...
Dec 04, 2014
Loop fashion retailer burglarized for second time in two months
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Dec 04, 2014
City Council votes 44-5 to raise Chicago’s minimum wage
(Chicago) The aldermen have voted 44-5 to approve Mayor Emanuel's proposal to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $10 an hour in July and then up in stages to $13 an hour in 2019. With the...
Dec 02, 2014
