Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Friday temperatures may hit double digits after brutal Thursday
(CHICAGO) Temperatures on Friday will seem like a treat compared to Thursday’s bitterly cold temperatures, which broke two records in Chicago that had stood for more than 79 years. The temp...
Feb 20, 2015
Police: Man shot and killed in Logan Square drive-by
Authorities investigate after a Logan Square drive-by shooting late Thursday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was killed in a Logan Square neighborhood drive-by shooting on the North ...
Feb 20, 2015
Merrillville pair sentenced for extorting $27K from undocumented immigrant
(MERRILLVILLE) Two northwest Indiana residents have been sentenced to prison for an elaborate, year-long extortion scheme in which they preyed on a man living in the United States illegally. Geov...
Feb 20, 2015
Suit: Developmentally disabled student sexually assaulted at Chicago school
(CHICAGO) The mother of a developmentally disabled boy is suing the Chicago Board of Education, claiming her son was sexually assaulted by another student who school officials knew had been invol...
Feb 20, 2015
WWE ringside doctor files lawsuit against Colt Cabana, CM Punk
(CHICAGO) A north suburban doctor who was blasted on a professional wrestler’s podcast — accused of ignoring a life-threatening cyst on another wrestler’s back and prescribing a...
Feb 20, 2015
Aurora couple OK after car slides underneath semi trailer on I-94
An Aurora couple was injured when their car slid under a semi that jackknifed in front of them on I-94 near Michigan City, Ind., on...
Feb 19, 2015
Judge denies rooftop owners’ request to stop installation of Wrigley signs
(Chicago) In a win for the Cubs, a federal court judge on Thursday refused to grant a request by the owners of a pair of Wrigley Field rooftops to stop the team’s installation of outfield ...
Feb 19, 2015
Judge zings Cubs as rooftop owners, Ricketts family square off in court
(Chicago) The Chicago Cubs and owners of Wrigley Field rooftop bars squared off in federal court Wednesday as their long-running battle kicked up a notch. The rooftop owners want a temporary res...
Feb 18, 2015
Governor Bruce Rauner proposes a budget to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly
(Springfield) In Springfield, the new Republican Governor Bruce Rauner has proposed a doomsday budget to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly on his 58th birthday. No new taxe...
Feb 18, 2015
FULL TEXT: Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s Budget Address
Full text of Governor Bruce Rauner's Budget Address: Good Afternoon. President Cullerton Speaker Madigan Leader Radogno Leader Durkin Lieutenant Governor Sanguinetti Attorney General Madigan Secr...
Feb 18, 2015
