Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Construction to close portions of CTA Red, Green lines throughout weekend
(CHICAGO) Construction on CTA train tracks and stations will close portions of the Red and Green lines throughout the weekend. From 10 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday, southbound Red Line trains wil...
Jan 23, 2015
Children interrupt attempted sexual assault in Little Village home
(CHICAGO) A man tried to sexually assault a woman inside a Little Village neighborhood home on the West Side early Thursday but was scared off by children who woke up and heard the attack. The ma...
Jan 22, 2015
Judge orders evidence protected in Evanston UPS crash that left woman hurt
(EVANSTON) A Cook County judge has granted an emergency order of protection of evidence in a lawsuit filed over a crash that left a woman trapped underneath a UPS truck for 30 minutes last month ...
Jan 22, 2015
‘Skinny Jeans Bandit’ nabbed, feds say
(CHICAGO) With his tight jeans and his trademark preppy look, the “Skinny Jeans Bandit” kept making a clean-cut getaway. But the FBI says the serial bank robber’s stylish crime ...
Jan 21, 2015
Antioch man charged after string of north suburban burglaries
photo from Lake County Sheriff's office (WAUKEGAN) An Antioch man has been charged after a series of burgl...
Jan 21, 2015
Driver charged in fatal rollover on frozen Lincoln Park lagoon
photo from Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man has been charged with driving under the influ...
Jan 21, 2015
UPDATE: Eight charged in South Side dog fighting ring
Chicago Police Photo (CHICAGO) Eight people were charged after Chicago Police interrupted a dog fighting ring on...
Jan 21, 2015
Suit: Woman groped by massage therapist at Naperville spa
(CHICAGO) A Plainfield woman claims a therapist groped her breasts during a massage at a west suburban spa in May 2013. The woman had a 10 a.m. appointment for a two-hour treatment at Massage Env...
Jan 21, 2015
Mike Ditka Endorses Fioretti
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Jan 21, 2015
Armed robbers strike minutes apart on Near West Side
(Chicago) Police are warning Near West Side residents of two armed robberies that happened just minutes apart last Friday. Two suspects walked up to the victims, pulled out a handgun and demande...
Jan 20, 2015
