Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Fire wreaks $150K in damage to Lake Forest home
Firefighters clear the scene at a Lake Forest house fire on Thursday morning. | Network Video Productions (LAKE FOREST) A fire tore through a home in north suburban Lake Forest on Thursday morning. Cr...
Feb 24, 2017
WEATHER – Fog on Friday with spring-like weather overnight bringing storms. High Upper 30s
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Friday, February 24, 2017 Spring-like weather overnight into Friday with mild weather and storms possible. Looks like a few storms could drop some hea...
Feb 24, 2017
Bulls acquire Payne. Morrow and Lauvergne from Thunder
From Chicago Bulls PR (CHICAGO) The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team has acquired guards Cameron Payne and Anthony Morrow (MORE-roe), and center/forward Joffrey Lauvergne from the Ok...
Feb 23, 2017
AG Madigan convenes summit on Trump orders
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has convened legal and civil rights organizations in the wake of what she calls “troubling” executive orders issued by President Donal...
Feb 23, 2017
University of Illinois kicks off 150th birthday celebration
University of Illinois students walk across the Main Quad on campus in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/David Mercer, File) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is kicking off a 15-month celebratio...
Feb 23, 2017
Illinois union to announce strike-authorization vote results
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois’ largest public-employee union is set to announce the result of a strike-authorization vote. The state council of the American Federation of State, County and M...
Feb 23, 2017
Illinois education board vote settles 2008 funding lawsuit
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois State Board of Education has voted to approve the settlement of a years-long lawsuit that claimed discriminatory school funding. The board’s Wednesday vote resolves l...
Feb 23, 2017
Plight of company towns: finding a new identity
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Company towns like Peoria, Illinois, have long relied on a major employer to provide generations of locals with jobs and give the cities their central identity. Now many of those m...
Feb 23, 2017
21-year-old man dies in ‘workplace mishap’ in Mokena
(MOKENA) A 21-year-old man died Wednesday morning after a "workplace mishap" in southwest suburban Mokena. Anas L. Ali, of Midlothian, was pronounced dead at 11:40 a.m. in the 18000 block of Wolf Road...
Feb 23, 2017
WEATHER – After a Record-Setting Wednesday, Temperatures Begin to Cool Down. High 48F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, February 23, 2017 CRAZY RIDE THE NEXT FEW DAY!!!! RECORD HIGH TIED TODAY. STORMS LOOK POSSIBLE FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES…̷...
Feb 23, 2017
