Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Horford, Thomas lead Celtics over Bulls 104-87 in Game 3
By Andrew Seligman, AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Al Horford had 18 points and eight rebounds, Isaiah Thomas scored 16 points, and the top-seeded Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 104-87 on Frid...
Apr 21, 2017
North Suburban Man Charged in Machete Attack
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) An argument over the cost of construction work is what apparently sparked a north suburban machete attack. Juan Casanova of Round Lake Park wasn’t h...
Apr 21, 2017
WEATHER – Sun and clouds mixed. High 53F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Geoff Maurer WLS Morning Forecast 4/21/17 After a cool start to the weekend, temperatures will start to rebound from Sunday into Monday… Thursday at O’Hare: ...
Apr 21, 2017
