Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Illinois Democrats ask high court to hear Blagojevich appeal
CHICAGO (AP) - Nineteen Illinois Democrats have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal by imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to help clarify the line between legal and illegal politic...
Dec 07, 2017
UPDATE: Man charged, 3 held after shooting, wild funeral procession from city
A still from dashcam video provided by Hillside police (HILLSIDE) A Chicago man has been charged and three others are being held in connection with a series of shootings Tuesday during a funeral proce...
Dec 07, 2017
Bolingbrook Officer and Three Relatives Killed in Ireland Crash
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 (BOLINGBROOK, IL ) A southwest suburban police officer and three of his relatives died in a crash, in Ireland, on Monday. Bolingbrook Police Officer Stephen Alexander wa...
Dec 06, 2017
Chicago preparing for cold weather as temps forecast to fall
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials are urging residents to be prepared as temperatures are expected to drop this week, bringing cold weather to the area. Temperatures were in the 60s on Monday in Chicag...
Dec 06, 2017
Palatine School district responds to transgender student’s lawsuit
PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago school district facing a lawsuit over a transgender student’s use of the girls’ locker room says the allegations misrepresent the accommodations ex...
Dec 06, 2017
Bootleg alcohol in state prisons on the rise, guard says
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois budget crisis has apparently driven state prison inmates to drink. Illinois prison guard Corey Knop told lawmakers Tuesday he’s seen more bootleg alcohol at...
Dec 06, 2017
Eleven candidates file petitions to replace Gutierrez in congress.
By Jolhn Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Eleven candidates have filed nominating petitions to replace retiring Chicago Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez, who made the surprise announcement last wee...
Dec 05, 2017
Former Rockford Congressman John Anderson, who ran for President in 1980, has died
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News Note: Bill Cameron reported on John Anderson's run for President in 1980 (CHICAGO) Former Rockford Congressman John Anderson who ran as an independent candidate for presid...
Dec 05, 2017
Key vote this week on Chicago O’Hare airport jet-noise plan
CHICAGO (AP) - A plan supporters say will more fairly distribute the annoyance of roaring jets flying in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport faces a key vote this week. The C...
Dec 05, 2017
Rauner spars with Ives over who can beat Democrats
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and his March 20th primary challenger, State Representative Jeanne Ives, are fighting about which one could actually win in Nove...
Dec 05, 2017
