Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Ald. Deb Mell’s office burglarized on NW Side
(CHICAGO) Ald. Deb Mell's 33rd Ward office in the Albany Park neighborhood was burglarized early Monday on the Northwest Side, police said. About 3:25 a.m., the male suspect broke in through a glass p...
Mar 20, 2017
Charges filed against parents of wounded toddler
CHICAGO (AP) - The parents of a Chicago toddler who was accidently shot in the head have been charged with crimes related to the shooting and the care of their other children. Michael D. Riley was cha...
Mar 19, 2017
Weather: Dry today, chance of some rain late tonight and Monday morning
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist Todd Borek (CHICAGO) Dry and seasonal through the daytime hours Sunday then another round of showers and storms arrive late Sunday night through the first ...
Mar 19, 2017
Untimely T ends Northwestern rally; Gonzaga wins 79-73
Northwestern guard Isiah Brown (12) and Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski (24) scramble for a loose ball during the first half of a second-round game in the NCAA men’s college basketball tourname...
Mar 18, 2017
Chicago police investigate officer who raised money for kids
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police are investigating a sergeant who was praised for helping three young girls found living in squalid conditions in an abandoned building last year because he helped raise m...
Mar 18, 2017
Rauner takes union fight to Illinois Supreme Court
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has taken his confrontation with the state’s largest public-employee union to the Supreme Court. The Republican announced Friday that his office has as...
Mar 18, 2017
Willowbrook Woman Sentenced For Fraud
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A Willowbrook woman has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for scheming to help a contractor falsely satisfy its female hiring requirement for cit...
Mar 17, 2017
Congressman Roskam: Trump budget is a “wish list.”
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) West Suburban Republican Congressman Peter Roskam is reacting to criticism of President Trump’s proposed budget. The budget calls for increases in m...
Mar 17, 2017
Anti-Semitic fliers found in UIC campus buildings
(CHICAGO) Dozens of anti-Semitic fliers were found in several buildings on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus Tuesday. The fliers accused Jews of controlling a disproportionate amount of the...
Mar 17, 2017
Chicago man charged with defrauding clients out of $1.5 million
(CHICAGO) A Chicago man has been charged with defrauding clients out of at least $1.5 million by pocketing their money for personal expenses instead of investing it. Randall Rye, 26, who owns Faster T...
Mar 17, 2017
