Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Former Chicago detective ordered to testify in murder case
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago police detective is set to return to court after a judge ordered him to testify about allegations he beat two men into confessing to a 1998 double murder they say they ...
Oct 18, 2017
Illinois sees teen traffic deaths drop by half in decade
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is crediting a graduated driver’s license law with a 51 percent drop in teenage-driver deaths in the past decade. The Democrat ru...
Oct 18, 2017
Two of the aviation cops who dragged doctor off United flight fired
(CHICAGO) Two of the aviation police officers involved in a passenger-dragging incident at O'Hare International Airport have been fired, according to a quarterly report from the city's inspector gener...
Oct 17, 2017
Teachers Union President Karen Lewis suffers stroke
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week. Lewis issued a statement this morning saying "I suffered a sligh...
Oct 17, 2017
Driver detained, boy critical after car crash
AURORA, Ill. (AP) - Police have detained the 31-year-old driver of a car that crashed into a suburban Chicago pond, leaving a boy in critical condition. Aurora police say the female driver is related ...
Oct 17, 2017
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to speak in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to speak at the Chicago-Kent College of Law Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will speak this afternoon about her time on the nation’s highest co...
Oct 16, 2017
Round Lake Park traffic stop leads to over $3M worth of marijuana
More than $6 million worth of marijuana was discovered in a storage unit by Round Lake Park and Round Lake Beach police during a search on Friday. | Round Lake Park Police Dept.(ROUND LAKE PARK) The a...
Oct 16, 2017
Sen. Dick Durbin: Democrats can lose to Trump if they ‘overdo it’ by being too liberal
By Andrew Kaczynski Sen. Dick Durbin, the number two Democrat in the Senate, said in a radio interview Sunday that his party could lose to President Donald Trump in 2020 if they “o...
Oct 16, 2017
Former wrestler running for Illinois Governor
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A former pro-wrestler who was known as “The Illustrious One”, is running for Illinois Governor. Jon Stewart is a candidate for the Libertarian nomina...
Oct 16, 2017
WEATHER: Clear and cool
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Geoff Maurer A cold front came thru yesterday morning so we start the week with sunny sklies and mch cooler temperatures. Today|Sunny skies. High 60F. Winds WSW at 10 ...
Oct 16, 2017
