Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Illinois comptroller appeals ruling ordering lawmaker pay
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois comptroller has appealed a Cook County judge’s ruling that state lawmakers must be paid on time despite their failure to pass a budget. Comptroller Susana M...
Cumulus Media Mar 30, 2017

YouTube video leads to drugs and weapons raid near Chicago
HARVEY, Ill. (AP) - A 40-minute video posted on YouTube showing several people displaying guns and illegal drugs outside a suburban Chicago home has resulted in multiple arrests. Harvey police spokesm...
Cumulus Media Mar 30, 2017

Chicago Alderman on Trump Tweets
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, Bill Cameron says an alderman who answers Trump Tweets with Tweets of his own is predicting the chances are not great that the president will a...
Cumulus Media Mar 30, 2017

Ford Recalls Vehicles for Separate Issues
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Ford is recalling just over half a million vehicles because of 2 separate problems. There have been 29 reports of fires in some Ford vehicles because the ...
Cumulus Media Mar 30, 2017

Man gets 6 months for Chicago River body hoax that cost $30K
(CHICAGO) A man whose false report of a body in the Chicago River cost taxpayers nearly $30,000 will serve a six-month prison sentence, a federal judge said Wednesday, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporti...
Cumulus Media Mar 30, 2017

WEATHER – Rain early, Thunder with areas of Heavy Rain. Scattered Thunderstorms in the Afternoon. High around 45F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Thursday, March 30, 2017 WLS-AM 890 A WET AND GUSTY STRETCH OF WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF FRIDAY….getting slightly better later today….. H...
Cumulus Media Mar 30, 2017

Ex-Chicago building inspector who took $300 bribe gets probation
(CHICAGO) An ex-Chicago building inspector caught on tape brazenly demanding and taking a $300 bribe walked away from his sentencing hearing Tuesday with two years of probation and six months of home ...
Cumulus Media Mar 29, 2017

Illinois comptroller appeals ruling ordering lawmaker pay
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois comptroller has appealed a Cook County judge’s ruling that state lawmakers must be paid on time despite their failure to pass a budget. Comptroller Susana M...
Cumulus Media Mar 29, 2017

Bucket Boys Compromise At City Hall
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At Chicago City Hall, there appears to be compromise to avoid banning the noisiest street performers like the bucket boys from Michigan Ave. Downtown Alderman Br...
Cumulus Media Mar 29, 2017

Charges Filed in Two Chicago Area Bank Robberies
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Charges have been filed in a couple of robberies: One in the city and the other in the suburbs. Feds say John Ballard, 30, faces one count of bank robbery...
Cumulus Media Mar 29, 2017







