Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Boil order issued in Stickney after water main breaks
(STICKNEY) A boil order was issued Monday evening in west suburban Stickney after a water main broke. Stickney police issued an alert about 6:30 p.m. advising residents in the area bordered by Oak Par...
Feb 07, 2017
Couple dead after domestic incident at their Joliet home
(JOLIET) A husband and wife both died of gunshot wounds after a domestic incident Sunday in their southwest suburban Joliet home, the coroner's office said. Angel Morgan, 42, and her husband, 49-year-...
Feb 06, 2017
WEATHER – Increasing clouds. High 49F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ken Boone WLS-AM Monday, February 6, 2017 A DRY AND WARM START TO THE WORK WEEK BUT RAIN RETURNS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. COLDER AIR FOLLOWS BY MIDWEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE...
Feb 06, 2017
Priest abuse victims’ group founder resigns after 29 years
CHICAGO (AP) - The founder of the group that advocates for priest abuse victims has stepped down after three decades of campaigning to force the Catholic Church to recognize the extent of the scandal ...
Feb 05, 2017
UPDATE: In videos, Heather Mack confesses to mother’s murder in Indonesia
(CHICAGO) Heather Mack has confessed in a series of YouTube videos to the 2014 murder of her mother, who was found inside a suitcase in Bali. In the videos posted on Thursday, Mack says that she kille...
Feb 05, 2017
Rauner to push similar budget message
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says his annual budget message this month will be similar to one he delivered last year, asking legislators to work with him on crafting a balanced spending p...
Feb 05, 2017
Visa holders hurry to board flights to US amid reprieve
By Tammy Weber, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban are hurrying to board U.S.-bound flights, fearin...
Feb 05, 2017
Weather: Warming trend continues, chance of rain Monday night
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) A bit of a roller coaster over the next week, at least in terms of high temperatures. In the short term, temps start an upward trend throu...
Feb 05, 2017
Minorities make up 2/3 of CPD’s 16,000 new applicants
(CHICAGO) More than 16,000 people - most of them minorities - have applied to the Chicago Police Department in the last two months, a number Supt. Eddie Johnson says he's "extremely ecstatic" about, t...
Feb 04, 2017
AG: Possible Immigrant Scams
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There is a warning for potential fraud targeting the immigrant communities in the wake of President Trumps executive order on immigration. Attorney General Lisa Mad...
Feb 03, 2017
