Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago police leader meets with attorney general on crime
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions for more federal prosecutors in the city devoted to prosecuting gun possession crimes, more federal ...
Mar 16, 2017
Woman accused of forging petitions for DuPage college board seat
(WHEATON) A former candidate was charged Wednesday with submitting forged documents in an effort to obtain a seat on the College of DuPage Board of Trustees. Rafath Waheed, of west suburban Lisle, mad...
Mar 16, 2017
Wabash and Washington to close, CTA trains rerouted this weekend
(CHICAGO) A busy Loop intersection will be closed and several CTA lines will be rerouted this weekend for construction of a new elevated CTA station. The intersection of Wabash and Washington will clo...
Mar 16, 2017
IL Dems Oppose Trump Budget
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There is local reaction to President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget which contains much more for defense and much less for arts and sciences and po...
Mar 16, 2017
Rahm Emanuel set to break ground on new CTA rail car factory
(CHICAGO) The city will break ground Thursday afternoon on a $100 million factory that will churn out new rail cars for the CTA on the Southeast Side. The new manufacturing plant at 13535 S. Torrence ...
Mar 16, 2017
Police: Skimming device found on ATM in Joliet
(JOLIET) Police are asking for the public's help in finding the person who installed a skimmer on an ATM last month in southwest suburban Joliet. The skimming device was in place on an ATM at a gas st...
Mar 16, 2017
Off-duty cop barricades self as CPD boosts mental health support
Chicago Police block roads near the 6500 block of North Onarga, where a SWAT team responded to a barricade situation Tuesday night. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) An off-duty Chicago Police off...
Mar 16, 2017
WEATHER – Sunny with a High of 38°F. Tonight, Overcast with Showers.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Thursday, March 16, 2017 WLS-AM COLD TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THURSDAY WITH SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MOVING IN THURSDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS EA...
Mar 16, 2017
Hobo gang member tied to 5 deaths gets two life sentences
(CHICAGO) Eddie Moss Jr.'s father asked him not to leave the house on Dec. 14, 2007. But Moss stepped outside his family home near 57th and Shields anyway - and walked straight into the path of Byron ...
Mar 16, 2017
No injuries reported in freight train derailment in Lake Forest
(LAKE FOREST) A freight train derailed early Wednesday in north suburban Lake Forest. At least 10 cars from the Union Pacific train derailed about 3:10 a.m. near Route 41 and West Deerpath Road, accor...
Mar 15, 2017
