Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
WEATHER: Showers sticking around through the weekend
By Scott Lawrimore, Weather Channel Meteorologist UNSETTLED WEATHER THIS WEEK WITH A LARGE, SLOW UPPER LOW HANGING OUT WITH US THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND….. Today|Rain showers in the m...
May 23, 2017
Student killed by hammer throw wasn’t paying attention
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - An investigation has determined that a suburban Chicago college student was not paying attention to the hammer throw at a track and field meet last month when he was struck...
May 22, 2017
Police ID Mall Shooting Victim
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SKOKIE) — Police are reviewing camera footage from the mall where a man was found dead over the weekend. Skokie Police identify the man as 34-year-old Eric ...
May 22, 2017
State of Illinois’ Springfield utility bills piling up again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state is again racking up unpaid utility bills for its Springfield offices. City Water, Light and Power spokeswoman Amber Sabin says Illinois owes about $3.5 million in pa...
May 22, 2017
Cook County to hold 30 rabies vaccine clinics
CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County’s first low-cost rabies vaccine clinic of the year will be held this month. A rabies vaccine clinic scheduled for May 30 in Crestwood will be the first of more than 30...
May 22, 2017
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
