Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
WEATHER – Windy with snow showers and rain showers in the morning. Temps in the Upper 30s
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Tuesday, January 31, 2017 A gusty set up the next few days. Several pockets of weak low pressure (Alberta Clipper systems) will give us some squally c...
Jan 31, 2017
Groups begin bailing out strangers to free poor from jail
By Sara Burnett, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Activists who say too many poor people are unfairly languishing in U.S. jails are increasingly deploying a new tactic: Bailing out strangers. Community...
Jan 30, 2017
Dem Straw Poll: Biss Leads In 2018
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Democratic County Chairmen's Association on Monday announced the results of their online straw poll asking who should run for governor and Lt. governor...
Jan 30, 2017
Illinois ACLU denounces Trump travel ban from Muslim nations
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is blasting President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven ...
Jan 30, 2017
Chicago shoppers will soon pay tax for paper, plastic bags
CHICAGO (AP) - Shoppers in Chicago will soon have to pay a checkout tax of 7 cents per bag at all retailers in the city unless they bring their own bags to stores. The tax starts Wednesday. The Chicag...
Jan 29, 2017
WEATHER: Colder, flurries thru tomorrow
By Jeff Eno, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Holding on to chances for light snow thru the weekend and into Monday, along with some seasonal temperatures. Could be a little colder today. Today...
Jan 29, 2017
Statement From Mayor Emanuel on Detained Persons at O’Hare
Saturday at 10:00 p.m. Today’s actions have tarnished America's standing as a beacon of hope for the free world, and there has been scant credible and confirmed information available throughout ...
Jan 29, 2017
CPD officer gets 5-day suspension for tossing coffee at biker
(CHICAGO) A Chicago Police officer has been suspended for five days after throwing a cup of coffee at a motorcyclist earlier this month as the bike passed him on a busy River North street. Footage of ...
Jan 28, 2017
Top Cop Appeared Dazed, Goes To Hospital
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) During a press conference on Chicago’s South Side this morning, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson appeared with Mayor Rahm Emanuel to a...
Jan 27, 2017
O’Hare flights drop in 2016; Atlanta busiest airport again
CHICAGO (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration reports O’Hare International Airport in Chicago was the nation’s second-busiest in 2016. Flights at O’Hare dropped 1 percent. Harts...
Jan 27, 2017
