Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Third Boy in Beecher Crash Dies
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A suburban father is going through an unimaginable loss. The car his wife, Lindsey Schimdt, was driving, was struck by the driver of a pick-up truck. Poli...
Jul 27, 2017
Special session produces no new progress on school reform
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) Day 2 of the current special session produced a new metaphor, but no progress. Both the House and the Senate adjourned minutes after being called to order, p...
Jul 27, 2017
Illinois State Police getting ready for Speed Awareness Day
ELGIN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police are marking Illinois Speed Awareness Day on Wednesday through education and enforcement efforts. State Police officials say speed was the reason for more than ...
Jul 27, 2017
Unclaimed property auction slated for Illinois State Fair
By Nick Gale,WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A signed 1983 Ryne Sandberg baseball card, Chicago's 1893 World's Fair souvenir medallions, a Hohner 6 sided "paddle wheel" harmonica, and Spanish shipwr...
Jul 27, 2017
Amtrak conductor wounded in May is released from hospital
HOMEWOOD, Ill. (AP) - An Amtrak conductor who was shot while standing on the platform of a suburban Chicago train station in May is recovering at home after being released from a hospital. Michael Cas...
Jul 27, 2017
A rare slip-up by Alderman Burke
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At Wednesday’s City Council meeting, some in the audience noticed a rare slip-up by powerful Alderman Ed Burke. Burke was debating African-American alderma...
Jul 27, 2017
The Public Makes Comments At City Hall
By Bill Cameron (CHICAGO) Under orders from a judge, the City Council today began hearing from the public for 30 minutes at all meetings. Citizens were allowed to vent from a new microphone behind the...
Jul 26, 2017
Chicago tries rat birth control to attack rodent problem
By John Dempsey (CHICAGO) The City of Chicago is now looking at birth control for rats as a way to curb the city’s burgeoning rat population. The City Department of Streets and Sanitation is goi...
Jul 26, 2017
Dog sculptures downtown Chicago honor police canine unit
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 100 sculptures of German shepherds are standing guard around downtown Chicago to pay tribute to the police department’s canine unit. The public art installation is part ...
Jul 26, 2017
Officials in Will County conduct sweep targeting gangs
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say they’ve made several arrests, seized 31 illegal guns and more than 200 grams of cocaine in Will County in an operation targeting area street gangs. In a news ...
Jul 26, 2017
