Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Girls still critical two days after separate shootings
(CHICAGO) Yolanda Scott used to flinch at the sound of gunfire. "I'm not even afraid no more," the 29-year-old, shaking with rage and frustration, told the Chicago Sun-Times. "That's crazy. Who gets a...
Feb 14, 2017
How to Avoid the Stevenson and Lake Shore Drive Construction Getting to the Chicago Auto Show
Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM Traffic & Transportation (CHICAGO) Beginning in 2015, the I-55 (Stevenson) interchange at Lake Shore Drive has been undergoing a massive reconstruction which includes several r...
Feb 13, 2017
Course offers help for teen drivers with attention disorder
(CHICAGO) Chicago-area students with attention deficit disorder are getting special attention when they learn to drive. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports a Chicago-based group called Behind...
Feb 13, 2017
Woman killed by cops faced drug charges, bankruptcy, foreclosure
(CHICAGO) In the years leading up to her death Friday night, Michele Robey was no stranger to some aspects of the judicial system, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. In 2012, while unemployed and rec...
Feb 13, 2017
SWAT incident near Buckingham Fountain ends peacefully
(CHICAGO) An incident on Lake Shore Drive Sunday night has ended peacefully after a SWAT team was called to the area near Buckingham Fountain. The SWAT team was sent about 5 p.m. to the 500 block of S...
Feb 13, 2017
Weather: Clearing skies today, more sunshine to start work week
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Higher temperatures remain above average for the next few days. Skies begin to clear today with plenty of sunshine to start the work week. . &nbs...
Feb 12, 2017
Bond set for Rockford man sentenced to life 22 years ago
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Relatives plan to post bond for a Rockford man sentenced to life for a murder conviction more than two decades ago but who a state appellate court has ruled is entitled to a new ...
Feb 11, 2017
5 teens face pot charges over gummy bears that sickened students
(CHICAGO) Five teenagers have been charged after investigators determined that the gummy bears that made several west suburban high school students sick last year were laced with marijuana. Students b...
Feb 11, 2017
Illinois lawmakers pitch automatic voter registration again
CHICAGO (AP) - State legislators are making another attempt at bringing automatic voter registration to Illinois. Democrats filed bills in the state House and Senate on Friday that would automatically...
Feb 11, 2017
Ike Lane Closures Saturday
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Weekend Drivers will see some delays on the Eisenhower as the Illinois Department of Transpiration inspects bridge in Itaska. IDOT plans lane closures Saturday morn...
Feb 11, 2017
