Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
ISP: 138 Vehicles Off The Road In Special Operation
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois State Police say they conducted over 1,400 inspections of big rigs in an operation carried out in honor of a trooper killed when his squad was struck by a ...
Apr 06, 2017
Don Rickles, comedy great, dies at 90
Comedian Don Rickles responds during an interview in New York, May 18, 2007, about his memoir “Rickles’ Book” (AP Photo/Richard Drew) By Lisa Respers France Don Rickles...
Apr 06, 2017
Congressman Kinzinger calls for air strikes against Syria
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) South Suburban Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger is calling for U.S. airstrikes against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom Kinzinger blames fo...
Apr 06, 2017
WEATHER – Cloudy and windy with rain ending for the afternoon. High around 50F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Todd Borek WLS-AM April 6th, 2017 As a powerful area of low pressure drifts farther to our east, strong northeast winds will give the Chicago and Indiana Lakeshores floo...
Apr 06, 2017
17 Illinois school districts suing state over funding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Seventeen Illinois school districts claim in a lawsuit that the state has failed to adequately fund public education. Superintendents for the central and southern Illinois dis...
Apr 05, 2017
McCarthy on Emanuel
Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former Chicago Police Supt Garry McCarthy was on the attack against Mayor Emanuel today during an interview here on WLS with Big John and Ray. McCarthy called Mayor...
Apr 05, 2017
Chicago feds: Top Mexican cop leaked probe info to drug cartels
(CHICAGO) Federal authorities in Chicago have charged a man who once served as the highest-ranking member of the Mexican Federal Police's sensitive investigations unit with leaking key information to ...
Apr 05, 2017
Trump-supporting mayor expands his lead
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago mayor who held a fundraiser for President Donald Trump last year has expanded his lead in his re-election battle with a union organizer backed by top Democrats. With ...
Apr 05, 2017
Garry McCarthy rips Emanuel, says Chicago government is “illegitimate.”
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is blasting the man who fired him, Mayor Rahm Emanuel. McCarthy told “The Big John and Ray Show” ...
Apr 05, 2017
WEATHER – Periods of rain. Becoming windy in the afternoon. High 43F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 Powerhouse early April system will bring rain and plenty of gusty winds Wednesday into Thursday. Strong Northeast winds wil...
Apr 05, 2017
