Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
UPDATE: 100 shot, 13 fatally, in July 4 weekend gun violence across Chicago
(CHICAGO) Thirteen people were killed and 87 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago in a bloody Fourth of July weekend between Friday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Last year's Independence...
Jul 05, 2017
Forty-one states have refused request for voter information
By Liz Stark and Grace Hauck Forty-one states have refused the Trump administration’s request for certain voter information, according to a CNN inquiry to all 50 states. State leaders and voting...
Jul 05, 2017
2 held without bail after fatal shooting of 3 Chicago men
CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago men are being held without bond in connection with a shooting that left three people dead. Cook County prosecutors say Timothy Gordon and Jayton Dorsey on Friday sprayed the...
Jul 05, 2017
FBI vehicle stolen in Chicago found
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say they have found an FBI vehicle that was stolen in Chicago when an agent left it running at gasoline station. In a statement, Special Agent John Althen said the white 201...
Jul 05, 2017
U of Illinois to host conference on college student hunger
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois will hold a conference focusing on the problem of hunger in college students. Agricultural engineering professor Prasanta Kalita organized the effort to ...
Jul 05, 2017
WEATHER: Rain chances increase today, but dry again this weekend
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore (CHICAGO) After a relatively dry holiday weekend, chances for rain increase today. Today | Partly cloudy skies. High 86F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. To...
Jul 05, 2017
Illinois Senate takes no action on budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate adjourned on Monday without taking action on House-approved legislation to break the nation’s longest budget standoff since the Great Depression. The...
Jul 04, 2017
Theatrical producer Libby Adler Mages dies
CHICAGO (AP) - Famed Chicago-based theatrical producer Libby Adler Mages has died at the age of 93. Daughter Wendy Mages says her mother died of a heart attack Sunday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital...
Jul 04, 2017
July 4th Weather: Sunshine, possible stray shower
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Mark Thibodeau ISOLATED SHOWERS TODAY, RAIN CHANCES INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY…… 4th of July | Sunshine and clouds mixed. A stray shower or thundersto...
Jul 04, 2017
State Rep Calling It Quits Over Madigan – Rauner Feud
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Another Republican is stepping down in the state legislature and he is laying the blame on the ongoing feud between Republican Gov. Bruce Raun...
Jul 03, 2017
