Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
3 charged in shooting at Chicago playground; 2 girls injured
CHICAGO (AP) - An 18-year-old and two juveniles have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting that wounded two girls during a school picnic at a Chicago playground. The Chicago...
Jun 19, 2017
Official warns Illinois finances in ‘massive crisis mode’
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois official responsible for paying the state’s bills is warning that new court orders mean her office must pay out more each month than Illinois receives in revenue. Com...
Jun 19, 2017
Boeing, United provide travel for Chicago students abroad
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools students and their teachers will travel this summer to Central and South America with free flights from The Boeing Co. and United Airlines . The 50 students will ...
Jun 18, 2017
FATHER’S DAY WEATHER: Showers early, then sunshine
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist Some drier weather expected for Father’s Day but there is a slight chance for additional stray showers and storms. Father’s Day|Lingerin...
Jun 18, 2017
11-year-old suburban Chicago boy charged with sexual assault
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - Police in the northwest Chicago suburbs say an 11-year-old boy has been charged with sexually assaulting another minor. Woodstock police say the boy has been referred to juvenil...
Jun 17, 2017
Wife: Man who shot congressman wanted to work on tax policy
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The wife of a gunman who wounded a top Republican congressman and several others says her husband went to Washington, D.C. because he wanted to work on tax policy. Sue Hodgkins...
Jun 17, 2017
Weekend I-55 lane closures start Friday night in SW suburbs
(CHICAGO) A weekend of lane closures will start Friday night for resurfacing work on a seven-mile stretch of I-55 in the southwest suburbs. Starting at 9 p.m., the left lane of northbound I-55 will be...
Jun 16, 2017
Semi strikes NW Indiana overpass after driver forgets to lower trailer
A semi trailer hit a bridge overpass Thursday night in I-94 in northwest Indiana when the driver forgot to lower the trailer after dropping off a load. | Indiana State Police(LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind.) A s...
Jun 16, 2017
Wife of Shooter Didn’t Know Husband’s Plan
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (BELLEVILLE,IL) — We are hearing from the wife of the gunman in shooting that left a top Republican congressman hospitalized and several others wounded. The wife of...
Jun 16, 2017
Sheriff: Pilot in blimp crash seriously burned
[van id=”van/batchfeed/2017/06/15/storyful_b73fcf30-51f1-11e7-82a3-d97784282da9″]& ERIN, Wis (AP) - Authorities in Wisconsin say the pilot of a small advertising blimp was seriously bu...
Jun 15, 2017
