Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Report of student with weapon leads to soft lockdown at Maine South
(PARK RIDGE) A northwest suburban high school was placed on lockdown Friday morning after an anonymous called to the school reported that a student might be in possession of weapon. The call was recei...
Oct 20, 2017
Universities of Illinois, Chicago to collaborate on tech hub
CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Chicago and the University of Illinois have announced a partnership that will bring faculty, researchers and students together to work on innovation. The partnership w...
Oct 20, 2017
Nice weather continues thru Saturday
By Weather Chanel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore NICE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW…..A FRONT BRINGS RAIN SUNDAY/MONDAY AND SOME COOLER NUMBERS EARLY NEXT WEEK….. Today|Sunny, along wi...
Oct 20, 2017
Illinois man to be sentenced in internet-sting terror case
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man snared in a 2013 internet sting is being sentenced for seeking to join an al-Qaida-linked group fighting Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria. There’s a wid...
Oct 19, 2017
Judge: No cameras at Wheaton College players’ arraignment
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Cameras won’t be allowed in suburban Chicago court when four of the five Wheaton College football players are arraigned Monday on charges of battery against one of their tea...
Oct 19, 2017
Lawsuit: Uber driver sexually assaulted, harassed Chicago woman
(CHICAGO) A Chicago woman is suing Uber after a driver allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed her last month. Elizabeth Hammond, 30, requested an Uber in the early morning hours of Sept. 24 for a t...
Oct 19, 2017
US alleges suburban Chicago company defrauded Medicare
CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is suing the owners of a suburban Chicago health care company alleging they defrauded Medicare for millions of dollars they didn’t earn. Prosecutors an...
Oct 19, 2017
Roundy’s recalls chili, soup; possible plastic contamination
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 16,000 pounds of chili and soup that may be contaminated with hard plastic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Saf...
Oct 19, 2017
Walgreens to add 300 jobs in Chicago for technology center
CHICAGO (AP) - Walgreens says it’ll add 300 jobs to its Chicago office to create a new technology center. The jobs will be new hires and relocations from the company headquarters in suburban Dee...
Oct 19, 2017
WEATHER: Dry air thru Saturday
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore High pressure will result in dry conditions into the start of the weekend before rain develops into Sunday. Today | Sunny skies. High 71F. Winds light ...
Oct 19, 2017
