Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Alderman Grandson Arrest On Murder Charges
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) is expected to issue a statement Tuesday regarding the arrest of her grandson on murder charges. Kenneth Austin was arrested Feb. ...
Feb 20, 2017
Monday breaks record-high temperatures for fourth day in a row
(CHICAGO) Chicago's streak of unseasonable warm weather broke record-high temperatures for the fourth consecutive day Monday. As of 12:10 p.m. Monday, the temperature had reached 66 degrees at O'Hare ...
Feb 20, 2017
Motorcyclist killed in I-80 crash in New Lenox
(NEW LENOX) A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Sunday evening on an I-80 ramp in southwest suburban New Lenox. About 5:40 p.m., Reuben W. Richardson, 55, was driving the motorcycle on the I-80 westb...
Feb 20, 2017
Warm Sunday weather sets record high for third day in a row
(CHICAGO) Chicago's streak of unseasonably warm weather broke record-high temperatures for the third consecutive day on Sunday. Temperatures reached a high of 69 degrees at 1:56 p.m. at O'Hare Interna...
Feb 20, 2017
WEATHER – Mainly cloudy. Record high temperatures expected. High 64F.
Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Monday, February 20th, 2017 AFTER SHATTERING RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND, THE SPRINGLIKE WARMTH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK. A STRONG LAKE BREEZE WILL KEEP...
Feb 20, 2017
CPD officer saved during stroke by 7-year-old son’s 911 call
(CHICAGO) A Chicago Police officer in the middle of her morning routine last month suffered a stroke, but her 7-year-old son realized something was wrong and called for help, saving his mother's life....
Feb 20, 2017
ICE arrests man who escaped Illinois prison in 2003
CHICAGO (AP) - A man who escaped from an Illinois prison in 2003 has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Atlanta. An ICE spokesman says Jorge Soberanis-Rumaldo was take...
Feb 19, 2017
Warm Sunday weather sets record high for third day in a row
(CHICAGO) Chicago's streak of unseasonable warm weather broke record-high temperatures for the third consecutive day on Sunday. By 1 p.m., it was 66 degrees at O'Hare International Airport, according ...
Feb 19, 2017
Illinois Ag Department to discuss plan to fight gypsy moths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Agriculture is holding a series of meetings to discuss plans to fight the leaf-eating gypsy moth in northern Illinois. The moths are particularly de...
Feb 19, 2017
Jane Lynch receives honorary degree from Illinois State
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jane Lynch has received an honorary doctoral degree from her alma mater Illinois State University. Lynch is a native of the Chicago suburb of ...
Feb 19, 2017
