Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police issue alert after Loop home burglaries
(Chicago) Police issued an alert after three recent burglaries in the Loop. The robberies occurred in late December and early January, where at least one person forcibly entered a home by prying...
Jan 15, 2015
Weekend weather to surpass average January high temperature
(Chicago) After an abnormally cold first half of the month, the weather will warm up this weekend and surpass typical January temperatures. The high temperature will likely reach 30 degrees on F...
Jan 15, 2015
Plows redeployed after 3 inches of snow blanket Chicago
(Chicago) More than 200 of the city’s snow plows and salt spreaders were redeployed Monday morning after about 3 three inches of snow piled up on parts of the Chicago area late Sunday. As ...
Jan 12, 2015
Ex-schools CEO Huberman getting deals from CPS-funded charters
(Chicago) After leaving city government four years ago, Ron Huberman started his own firm, which is getting business from some of the same government-financed charter-school operators he champio...
Jan 12, 2015
Police: Alcohol played a factor in fatal wrong-way crash on Eisenhower
(FOREST PARK) A Southwest Side man was killed and five other people were injured in what police say was an alcohol related wrong-way crash early Sunday on the Eisenhower Expressway near west sub...
Jan 12, 2015
1 dead, 5 wounded in weekend shootings
(Chicago) A man was killed and at least five other people have been wounded in separate shootings on the South and West sides since Friday night. The fatal shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Fri...
Jan 12, 2015
FBI seeks details on ‘Skinny Jeans Bandit’
Surveillance photo of the suspet who robbed a Fifth Third Bank branch Dec. 8 in Cary. | photo from the FBI (CROWN POINT, Ind.) Federal authorities...
Jan 10, 2015
Broken water main, leak affecting Metra lines at Union Station
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Jan 10, 2015
Rooftop owners’ suit accuses Cubs of bad faith in Wrigley redevelopment
(Chicago) The Chicago Cubs played hardball with Wrigley Field rooftop owners — blocking the historic ballpark views of owners who refused to sell up, while clearing the sightlines from roo...
Jan 9, 2015
Seven burglaries reported in Northwest Side neighborhoods
(Chicago) Police are warning residents in the Jefferson Park and Portage Park neighborhoods on the Northwest Side about a series of seven recent home burglaries. All of the burglaries happened i...
Jan 7, 2015
