Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police: Duo stole woman’s Maserati after West Town fender bender
(CHICAGO) Two people stole a woman's Maserati after rear-ending it on Thursday evening in West Town. About 6:30 p.m., she got out of the luxury car after the minor collision with another vehicle in th...
May 12, 2017
Blue Cross Blue Shield will offer customers free Lyft rides
By Julia Horowitz Blue Cross Blue Shield wants you to make it to your doctor’s appointments — so much that it’s willing to pay for your Lyft. The health care provider announced Wedne...
May 11, 2017
$6M settlement reached with Chicago bus accident victim
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Transit Authority has reached a $6 million settlement with a woman whose feet were run over by one of its buses. CTA general counsel Karen Seimetz on Wednesday told the tran...
May 11, 2017
3 U of Illinois football players arrested in alleged robbery
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Three University of Illinois football players have been arrested for allegedly robbing a man of cash in a residence hall. Police told the Champaign News-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2...
May 11, 2017
Court upholds FOIA decision involving College of DuPage
CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois appellate court has ruled that the College of DuPage Foundation is subject to the state’s open records law and ordered it to turn over a federal subpoena that the Chic...
May 10, 2017
Father heartbroken by video of bus aide slapping daughter, 6
By Sheena Jones and Susannah Cullinane A video showing a bus aide slapping a 6-year-old girl with autism has left an Illinois father heartbroken. In the surveillance-camera footage, the unidentified a...
May 10, 2017
Durbin Calls for Independent Commission to Investigate Russian Election Meddling
John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News Illinois Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wants to see an independent commission investigate allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election....
May 09, 2017
Evergreen Park Man Charged with Sexual Assault on Facebook Friend
Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (ORLAND PARK) 21 year old William Jones had been a Facebook friend of an Orland Park girl for several years. Friday night, he asked if she wanted to “hang ou...
May 09, 2017
Illinois income tax increase being discussed in Springfield
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD) There is a plan percolating in Springfield to raise Illinois income taxes, as a way to end the Illinois budget standoff that has been going on for over t...
May 08, 2017
Sinclair close to Tribune Media deal
By Brian Stelter Sinclair Broadcasting is on the verge of a deal to acquire Tribune Media, creating a local television behemoth, sources said Sunday. The $4 billion deal is slated to be announced on M...
May 07, 2017
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