Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
A Pricey Bag of Dust
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) It was the first manned mission to the moon in 1969 and astronaut Neil Armstrong used a bag to collect moon dust. That Apollo 11 bag was later misidentifi...
Jul 21, 2017
Feds: Man Arrested On Way To China
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm stole proprietary information from the company while planning to move to China to begin work f...
Jul 20, 2017
Chicago area flood threat continues.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Chicago area received more rain Thursday morning, adding to the woes of flood-weary residents in the north and northwest suburbs. McHenry County Board Chairm...
Jul 20, 2017
Illinois Bicentennial events include video, beer contests
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The buildup to Illinois’ 200th birthday celebration will include a student video contest and a craft beer competition. Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday announced the first a...
Jul 20, 2017
Illinois prison guard pleads guilty in inmate assault
BENTON, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois correctional officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges accusing him of assaulting and injuring a handcuffed inmate. Federal prosecutors say 30-year...
Jul 20, 2017
Sheriff’s recruits, trainees laid off due to soda tax holdup
CHICAGO (AP) - The Cook County sheriff has laid off more than 110 recruits and trainees, saying the move was made because a proposed countywide tax on soda was put on hold. The layoffs are in addition...
Jul 19, 2017
Another Gacy Victim ID’d
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Another one of John Wayne Gacy’s victims has been identified decades after his remains were found under the serial killer’s Norwood Park Tow...
Jul 19, 2017
Racist emails by city water employees draws reaction from Black Caucus chairman
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The revelation of racist emails by a supervisor and others in the city water department is drawing reaction from the chairman of the City Council’s Black C...
Jul 19, 2017
At City Hall, if you gotta go, you gotta go
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, the proposal to compel businesses to let people who’ve really gotta go use their restrooms without having to buy anything, may be unnecessary...
Jul 19, 2017
Roskam criticizes Republican Senators on healthcare
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) West Suburban Republican Congressman Peter Roskam was on WLS Wednesday morning to criticize his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate for the failure of the GOP ...
Jul 19, 2017
