Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Frozen burritos recalled over listeria fears
By Nicole Chavez A company in New Mexico is recalling about 253,000 pounds of frozen burritos in four states over fears of listeria contamination. Green Chile Food Company recalled several types of me...
May 15, 2017
Police: Woman killed after being rammed into tree with car
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago authorities say that an 18-year-old woman is dead after another woman repeatedly slammed her into a tree with her car following an argument. Police say the incident happened aro...
May 15, 2017
WEATHER: Warmer with a chance for t-storms
By Kenneth Boone, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) After a dry weekend, expect the work week to heat up – with warmer temperatures and a chance for thunderstorms. Today|Partly clou...
May 15, 2017
Trustees OK no tuition increase for fall at Illinois State
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Incoming Illinois State University students this fall won’t pay more to attend the school than last year’s freshman class. ISU trustees on Friday voted to hold tuition,...
May 13, 2017
UPDATE: Delnor Hospital employee safe after being taken hostage by inmate
Tywon M. Salters | Kane County sheriff’s office (GENEVA) A standoff at Delnor Hospital in west suburban Geneva has ended after an inmate who took took a hospital employee hostage was shot by a S...
May 13, 2017
SWAT team kills inmate who took hostage at Geneva hospital
By Ralph Ellis and Chuck Johnston [Breaking news update, posted at 606pm CT) A SWAT team killed a jail inmate who’d taken a hospital employee hostage Saturday in a Chicago suburb, the Kane Count...
May 13, 2017
Delnor Hospital employee taken hostage by Kane County Jail inmate
(GENEVA) A Kane County Jail inmate who was being treated at Delnor Hospital in west suburban Geneva took a hospital employee hostage with a correctional officer's gun Saturday afternoon. The incident ...
May 13, 2017
UPDATE: Girlfriend of Bears’ WR Kevin White victim of carjacking
(CHICAGO) The girlfriend of Chicago Bears' receiver Kevin White was the victim of a carjacking Thursday evening in the West Town neighborhood. Chicago Police said two people stole the Maserati after r...
May 13, 2017
Trump adviser Roger Stone: “I am Jones-ing to testify” about alleged Russian interference.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) President Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone was on WLS Friday morning, talking about the President’s firing of FBI director James Comey, and the i...
May 12, 2017
One Time Arena Football Owner Gets 3 1/2 Years for Fraud
By Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — 37 year old David Staral bought the Chicago Rush Arena Football team in 2013. At the time, he said he was going to rebuild the team that was f...
May 12, 2017
