Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Update: Weather service, governor to survey Illinois storm damage
This photo provided by Tim Creedon shows his baseball and a hailstone that fell in the backyard of Creedon’s home in Ottawa, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has a...
Mar 01, 2017
Illinois Senate makes progress on ‘grand bargain’
By John O’Connor and Kiannah Sepeda-Miller, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate has moved forward on pieces of a budget compromise. But the tough votes are scheduled fo...
Mar 01, 2017
UPDATE: Tornadoes touch down in Ottawa, northern Ill., leaving one dead
This photo provided by Tim Creedon shows his baseball and a hailstone that fell in the backyard of Creedon’s home in Ottawa, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has activate...
Mar 01, 2017
State Urges Prep For Severe Weather
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) With dangerous storms predicted through this evening for much of Illinois, the Illinois Emergency Managment Agency is encouraging people to stay aware of local ...
Feb 28, 2017
Man who helped scam Cubs, cancer survivor gets 6 months in jail
(CHICAGO) Joseph Gurdak landed in the feds' crosshairs because he helped scam the Chicago Cubs out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But along the way, it was discovered he also embezzled $358,000 ...
Feb 28, 2017
Funeral Services Set For Former Head of IL GOP
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Funeral services have been set for former Illinois Republican Party chairman Albert M. Jourdan Jr. who passed away Saturday at the age of 82. He got his start in po...
Feb 28, 2017
Stove used for heat, no detectors where 2 kids died in fire
(CHICAGO) A stove was being used for heat in the basement where two children died and a third was critically injured in a South Side fire Saturday night. District Chief Dan Cunningham said Monday ther...
Feb 28, 2017
State’s attorney to exam Ronald Watts cases for police misconduct
(CHICAGO) Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has agreed to look into hundreds of convictions involving disgraced former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his underlings. "The Conviction Integrit...
Feb 28, 2017
CPS Threatens to End Year Early
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Chicago Public Schools, which is already suing Governor Bruce Rauner and the Illinois State Board of Education over school funding, is now threatening to ...
Feb 28, 2017
WEATHER – Scattered thunderstorms this morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. Areas of dense fog. High around 60F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Tuesday, February 28, 2017 February makes a stormy exit. March Lion enters on Wednesday with at least a dull roar. (rain/wind/dropping temps) Colder c...
Feb 28, 2017
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