Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
One injured in Marengo house explosion
Two homes were leveled in an explosion early Sunday in Marengo. | Network Video Productions (MARENGO) Tyler Smart was asleep in his mom's northwest suburban basement with his girlfriend early Sunday w...
Jun 11, 2017
Officials warn that expected hot weather could damage roads
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State transportation officials are warning motorists that the expected hot weather over the next few days might cause pavement to buckle around Illinois. In a news release, th...
Jun 10, 2017
18-year-old graduate pays for college with $25K raffle win
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Luck, timing and generous friends turned into a $25,000 payday for Cicely Leonetti. The 18-year-old graduate of Rochester High School in Illinois will use the winning ticket f...
Jun 10, 2017
Prosecutors want judge to allow Gliniewicz emails, texts
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors in northern Illinois are asking a judge to reconsider a key ruling regarding the upcoming trial of the wife of a former Fox Lake Police lieutenant who killed himself....
Jun 10, 2017
WEATHER: Heat ridge builds with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.
By Ray Stagich, WLS-AM Meteorologist Ray Stagich EXPECTING A STRING OF CONSECUTIVE 90+ DEGREE DAYS THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. WHILE THE CURRENT FORECAST DOES NOT HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING ...
Jun 10, 2017
Emanuel, Cubs are feuding over security at Wrigley
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Cubs are feuding over security at Wrigley Field. First the Cubs wanted the Mayor to close Clark and Addison around the ballpark on gam...
Jun 09, 2017
Crown Point Man Faces Nearly 100 Counts of Animal Cruelty
By Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (CROWN POINT, INDIANA) Most of us have heard the term “Puppy Mill”, but many of us don’t know for sure what they are. A Crown Point, Indiana m...
Jun 09, 2017
Movie Filming to Close Some Downtown Streets
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The filming of the movie “Rampage” may require 15-minute street closures between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The Chicago Dep...
Jun 09, 2017
Chicago police chief kidney transplant could be days away
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is a few weeks - if not days - away from having a kidney transplant. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (goo-lee-EHL’-mee) says tha...
Jun 09, 2017
Axelrod: Focus On Russian Hacking
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WASHINGTON) — Former Obama advisor David Axelrod says talk of Russian interference into the presidential election is one of the more interesting things to come out...
Jun 08, 2017
