Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Stove used for heat, no detectors where 2 kids died in fire
(CHICAGO) A stove was being used for heat in the basement where two children died and a third was critically injured in a South Side fire Saturday night. District Chief Dan Cunningham said Monday ther...
Feb 28, 2017
State’s attorney to exam Ronald Watts cases for police misconduct
(CHICAGO) Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has agreed to look into hundreds of convictions involving disgraced former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his underlings. "The Conviction Integrit...
Feb 28, 2017
CPS Threatens to End Year Early
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Chicago Public Schools, which is already suing Governor Bruce Rauner and the Illinois State Board of Education over school funding, is now threatening to ...
Feb 28, 2017
WEATHER – Scattered thunderstorms this morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. Areas of dense fog. High around 60F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Tuesday, February 28, 2017 February makes a stormy exit. March Lion enters on Wednesday with at least a dull roar. (rain/wind/dropping temps) Colder c...
Feb 28, 2017
U of I announces Athletic Hall of Fame class
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is announcing its first Athletic Hall of Fame class that includes legendary football coach and Chicago Bears’ owner George Halas, baseball Hall ...
Feb 27, 2017
School event near Chicago sparks civil rights, race debate
WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) - When a largely white public school nestled in Chicago’s wealthiest suburbs planned a daylong civil rights seminar, it drew award-winning authors and crafted a college-calib...
Feb 27, 2017
Parking near Wrigley Field about to get more expensive
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs are raising ticket prices to get into Wrigley Field and now the city is raising the price to park nearby. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that City Hall is getting ready ...
Feb 27, 2017
2nd murder trial for ex-Illinois prosecutor to begin
CHICAGO (AP) - Cameras will be in the courtroom for the retrial of a former Illinois prosecutor charged with first-degree murder in the death of his first wife. The retrial of former Adams County Assi...
Feb 27, 2017
Pediatricians warn against pot use: Not your dad’s marijuana
CHICAGO (AP) - The American Academy of Pediatrics is beefing up warnings about marijuana’s potential harms for teens. In today’s issue of the journal Pediatrics, the influential doctors gr...
Feb 27, 2017
WEATHER – Sunny to partly cloudy. High 53F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Monday, February 27, 2017 SHOWER CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH A MARGINAL CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS ON TUESDAY. Cooler briefly…the...
Feb 27, 2017
