Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
January Crime Numbers Out
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Chicago Police Department today released its monthly crime statistics for January 2017. Police recorded 51 murders across the city last month, one more that in ...
Feb 01, 2017
McCarthy attorney says client has no role in Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy’s attorney is firing back at insinuations that McCarthy had some type of relationship with the wife of ...
Feb 01, 2017
Tardy payments in whistleblower case boosts school’s costs
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago State University has been ordered by a Cook County judge to pay $4.3 million to a school official who was fired after accusing the school’s former president of misconduct....
Feb 01, 2017
Top cop asks IG to look at fiancée’s actions after traffic stop
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson is asking the city's inspector general to look into allegations Johnson's fiance, a Chicago Police lieutenant, might have intervened to help her son follow...
Feb 01, 2017
WEATHER – Cloudy with an occasional snow shower. High 36F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Geoff Maurer WLS-AM Wednesday, February 1, 2017 The occasional snow showers that develop this morning may reduce visibility. Today | Cloudy with an occasional snow showe...
Feb 01, 2017
CPD releases January crime stats
CHICAGO The Chicago Police Department early Wednesday released its monthly crime statistics for January 2017. Police recorded 51 murders across the city last month, one more than January 2016, the dep...
Feb 01, 2017
2 federal lawsuits filed in Chicago over Trump travel ban
CHICAGO (AP) - Two federal lawsuits in Chicago are challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily blocking citizens from seven predominantly-Muslim countries. Both lawsuits fil...
Jan 31, 2017
Rahm Unsure If Cat Will Locate In City Or Burbs
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The mayor of Peoria says the city is going to hold Caterpillar officials to their word that the company will remain a presence as a civic and philanthropic leade...
Jan 31, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Announcement Tonight
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Tonight, President Trump announces his Supreme Court appointment and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is trying to be polite about it. Senate Republicans refu...
Jan 31, 2017
Man surrenders to SWAT officers after 8-hour Wauconda barricade
(WAUCONDA) A person turned himself into SWAT officers early Tuesday after pouring gasoline throughout his northwest suburban Wauconda home and barricading himself inside for more than eight hours. Off...
Jan 31, 2017
