Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Leader of Robbery Crew Sentenced
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The man, who feds say, led a violent robbery crew that targeted suburban cell phone stores will spend decades behind bars. Eric Curtis of Forest Park was ...
Mar 30, 2017
57 Year Sentence For Leader Of Armed Robbery Crew
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A Park Forest man has been sentenced to 57 years in prison for leading a crew of armed robbers that targeted cell phone stores in the Chicago suburbs. Prosecutors s...
Mar 30, 2017
Internet Privacy Bill Floated in Springfield
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In Springfield, a couple of bills to give you the right-to-know how your personal information is being handled on the Internet have made it out of an Illinois Ho...
Mar 30, 2017
McDonald’s to start using fresh beef
By Joseph Pisani, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Coming soon to McDonald’s: Fresh beef. The fast food giant said Thursday that it will swap frozen beef patties for fresh ones in...
Mar 30, 2017
Illinois comptroller appeals ruling ordering lawmaker pay
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois comptroller has appealed a Cook County judge’s ruling that state lawmakers must be paid on time despite their failure to pass a budget. Comptroller Susana M...
Mar 30, 2017
YouTube video leads to drugs and weapons raid near Chicago
HARVEY, Ill. (AP) - A 40-minute video posted on YouTube showing several people displaying guns and illegal drugs outside a suburban Chicago home has resulted in multiple arrests. Harvey police spokesm...
Mar 30, 2017
Chicago Alderman on Trump Tweets
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, Bill Cameron says an alderman who answers Trump Tweets with Tweets of his own is predicting the chances are not great that the president will a...
Mar 30, 2017
Ford Recalls Vehicles for Separate Issues
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Ford is recalling just over half a million vehicles because of 2 separate problems. There have been 29 reports of fires in some Ford vehicles because the ...
Mar 30, 2017
Man gets 6 months for Chicago River body hoax that cost $30K
(CHICAGO) A man whose false report of a body in the Chicago River cost taxpayers nearly $30,000 will serve a six-month prison sentence, a federal judge said Wednesday, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporti...
Mar 30, 2017
WEATHER – Rain early, Thunder with areas of Heavy Rain. Scattered Thunderstorms in the Afternoon. High around 45F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Thursday, March 30, 2017 WLS-AM 890 A WET AND GUSTY STRETCH OF WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF FRIDAY….getting slightly better later today….. H...
Mar 30, 2017
