Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Illinois automatic-voter registration gets Senate approval
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois senators have overwhelmingly endorsed an automatic-voter registration plan two years in the making. The measure would automatically register qualified voters when the...
May 06, 2017
Man charged with stealing 24 iPads from Crystal Lake school
Carlos Lucas | Crystal Lake police(CRYSTAL LAKE) A 30-year-old man who confessed to stealing 24 Apple iPads from a northwest suburban Crystal Lake school is facing felony charges. Carlos J. Lucas was ...
May 06, 2017
Jay Cutler retires, will become FOX Football Analyst
John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News Former Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler is going to be trading his helmet for broadcast headphones. Cutler is announcing his retirement and will be joining FOX Sports as a fo...
May 05, 2017
Chicago Man Free After Arson and Murder Charges Vacated
Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) – Adam Gray was 14 years old when he was convicted of setting an apartment fire on Chicago’s Southwest Side that killed two elderly people. In 19...
May 05, 2017
Meat Recall from Pennsylvania Hits Illinois
This 2006 colorized scanning electron micrograph image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the O157:H7 strain of the E. coli bacteria. On Wednesday, May 26, 2016, U....
May 05, 2017
Feisty Healthcare Debate, House Passes Bill
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (WASHINGTON, DC) In Washington Thursday, the House passed what some call TrumpCare, a bill to replace ObamaCare. The debate was feisty, especially with some Illinois D...
May 04, 2017
Evans Testifies On United Fiasco
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans, testified to a Senate sub-committee Thursday about the United Airlines fiasco. U.S. Sen. T...
May 04, 2017
Hero mom from Naperville talks with John and Ray
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A woman from Naperville was in the right place at the right time on Monday, as a man stabbed four people at the University of Texas in Austin. Leona Di Amore of ...
May 04, 2017
UPDATE: CPD: ‘Miracle’ cops lived as assault rifle ‘riddled’ unmarked van
(CHICAGO) As Chicago Police search for the people who shot two officers late Tuesday, they're also trying to figure out why the officers were targeted, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The officers...
May 04, 2017
State Lawmakers Look To Help Veterans
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Legislation pending in the Illinois Senate aims to lower the number of veteran suicides. The bill strives to better match veterans with services that are available ...
May 03, 2017
