Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police: ‘Copious’ stash of drugs found in North Park home
Police seized a massive stash of drugs during the search of the North Park home of a man charged with harassing a CPD officer. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Chicago Police found "copious" amounts of drug...
Apr 24, 2017
WEATHER – Sun and clouds mixed. High 72F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Monday, April 24th, 2017 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2017 – SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 25 2017 – SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET...
Apr 24, 2017
Frank Lloyd Wright building tours planned to mark birthday
CHICAGO (AP) - Fans of Frank Lloyd Wright will be getting the chance to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth by walking through some of the most famous buildings he designed in and around Chic...
Apr 23, 2017
Chicago woman gets impounded car back 5 years later
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago woman whose car has been locked up since the day five years ago when she loaned it to a friend who was arrested in it is finally back behind the wheel. The Chicago Sun-Times r...
Apr 23, 2017
Thousands join March for Science in downtown Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - Several thousand people rallied in downtown Chicago in a March for Science event, with some participants saying science in under attack from the Trump administration. Those taking part ...
Apr 23, 2017
Illinois governor’s mansion restoration funds near $15M goal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The campaign to restore the governor’s mansion in Illinois is getting close to its $15 million goal less than two years after private fundraising began as an alternative...
Apr 22, 2017
Senators: United Airlines too slow to provide answers
By Theodore Schleifer The bipartisan group of senators seeking answers after a passenger was forcibly dragged from a United Airlines flight now say the airline is dragging its feet. The Senate ...
Apr 22, 2017
$3M award in suit against drug company over man’s suicide
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago woman has been awarded $3 million in a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company she blamed for her husband’s suicide. Wendy Dolin’s husband, Stewart, step...
Apr 22, 2017
WEATHER: A cool and breezy weekend
By Scott Lawrimore, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGAO) Cool and breezy weather to start the weekend, but a warming trend starts next week. Today|Mostly cloudy skies. High 53F. Winds NE at 10 to ...
Apr 22, 2017
Charges Filed in Chesterton Murder
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A Hobart, Indiana man is charged with killing his co-worker outside of their Chesterton bar. Nicole Gland, a bartender at the Upper Deck Lounge, was found...
Apr 21, 2017
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