Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Blagojevich attorneys ask for another appeals court hearing
(CHICAGO) A month after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed his 14-year prison sentence, lawyers for imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday asked for another hearing before the three-j...
May 22, 2017
Another Business Leaving Illinois
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (HOFFMAN ESTATES) The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the Serta Mattress Company will be closing down it’s Hoffman Estates based offices and moving to a s...
May 22, 2017
Suburban Chicago son charged in axe attack on mom
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man accused of attacking his 80-year-old mom with an axe on the eve of Mother’s Day has been charged with aggravated domestic battery of a senior. A state...
May 21, 2017
Illinois to change sex-abuse law with help of Hastert victim
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois is set to eliminate the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases through legislation passed with support from a victim of imprisoned former U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert. The...
May 21, 2017
Bicyclist says CPD officer hit her with SUV, falsified report: Suit
(CHICAGO) A bicyclist is suing the Chicago Police Department for allegedly striking her with a police SUV in January as she rode in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side. Anne Zidek filed the l...
May 21, 2017
WEATHER: Dry and windy, sunny and warmer by Monday
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist After a stormy overnight, things should start to clear up and Sunday should be drier but windy. Today|Early fog then partly sunny and gusty. High 64F. Wind...
May 21, 2017
City of Chicago settles lawsuit with exonerated man
CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago has settled a lawsuit filed by a man wrongly convicted for the 1994 rape and murder of a woman. The lawsuit filed by Terrill Swift is the first by one of the four te...
May 20, 2017
UPDATE: Former federal employee charged with shooting of Amtrak conductor
Edward Klein | DuPage County Sheriff’s Dept. (NAPERVILLE) A Wisconsin man who formerly worked for the federal government is facing attempted murder charges for the shooting of an Amtrak co...
May 19, 2017
Chicago schools to borrow $389M to pay pensions, finish year
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools plans to take out a $389 million short-term loan to get the financially struggling district through the end of the school year and make a pension payment due next...
May 19, 2017
Chicago-area man gets 10 years in scalding death of stepson
MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after his 1-year-old stepson died with severe burns from hot bathwater in suburban Chicago. WLS-TV reports that 31-year-old Gregory ...
May 19, 2017
