Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Police Board Fires Cop
By Nick Gale (CHICAGO) An off-duty Chicago police officer who fired 16 shots at the wrong car after witnessing a drive-by shooting . The Chicago Police Board voted unanimously to dismiss Officer Franc...
Feb 17, 2017
Priebus: Russia reports are ‘grossly overstated and inaccurate’
By David Wright White House chief of staff Reince Priebus issued a firm denunciation of reports that revealed contacts between high-level Trump campaign aides and Russian officials, saying top intelli...
Feb 17, 2017
Police seek to identify man found unconscious in Bucktown
Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying this man, who was found unconscious Thursday morning in the 2100 block of West Charleston. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Police are asking f...
Feb 17, 2017
Video: Man accused of shooting Takiya Holmes beaten at courthouse
https://www.wlsam.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/353/2017/02/CCB-CAM1.014Sheriff1020_2017-02-15_12h37min50s858ms-HD.mp4 The 19-year-old man charged with firing the stray bullet that struck and killed 11...
Feb 17, 2017
Police: 4 dead, 1 critical after Des Plaines car wreck
Authorities investigate after a fatal car wreck in Des Plaines late Thursday. | Network Video Productions (DES PLAINES) Four people were killed and a fifth was clinging to life after a three-vehicle c...
Feb 17, 2017
WWII pilot’s family to honor O’Hare at namesake airport
CHICAGO (AP) - Family members of Navy pilot Edward “Butch” O’Hare are gathering at his namesake Chicago airport to mark the 75th anniversary of his heroic World War II mission. Chica...
Feb 17, 2017
Semi driver gets 10-year sentence for crash that killed 5
(JOLIET) A 10-year prison sentence has been given to an Indiana semi-truck driver involved in a crash that killed five people in northern Illinois two years ago. Francisco Espinal-Quiroz pleaded guilt...
Feb 17, 2017
