Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

CTA Workers to Hold “Day of Action”
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) CTA workers will take part in a "day of action" across the city today but say it won’t inconvenience commuters. It all starts at 8:30 outside of the Jac...
Cumulus Media Dec 20, 2016

Former critic optimistic about Trump transition
By Julia Manchester, CNN Illinois GOP congressman and former Donald Trump critic Adam Kinzinger expressed his optimism about the incoming Trump administration on CNN’s Party People podcast. R...
Cumulus Media Dec 20, 2016

Recycling company owner accused of landfilling hazardous waste
(CHICAGO) The owner of two recycling companies has been charged with a multi-million dollar scheme that involved reselling or illegally landfilling hazardous electronic waste that he claimed to be rec...
Cumulus Media Dec 20, 2016

Cops: Crews use Narcan to save driver who caused crash while high
(PROSPECT HEIGHTS) Emergency crews used a heroin antidote to save a driver who caused a crash that injured himself and another person Sunday afternoon in northwest suburban Prospect Heights, police sa...
Cumulus Media Dec 20, 2016

Former mayor Richard Daley could testify in police torture case
(CHICAGO) Former Mayor Richard M. Daley is set be questioned under oath about police torture by disgraced Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge and his "midnight crew" of detectives, a long-running scandal t...
Cumulus Media Dec 20, 2016

WEATHER – Cold and still blustery this morning. Gusty winds in the morning. High 27F
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Tuesday, December 20, 2016 RAY’S NOTE: STAYING COLD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE TEMPERATURES MODERATE TODAY…Fairly mild….t...
Cumulus Media Dec 20, 2016

Alleged Hobo leader’s attorney: Case ‘was always a fraud’
(CHICAGO) The notion that Gregory "Bowlegs" Chester once led the deadly Hobos "super gang" was "manufactured from the very beginning" because he wouldn't go along with a police officer's shake-down, h...
Cumulus Media Dec 20, 2016

Axelrod: Investigate Russian Hack
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There continues to be a call by some Democrats and Republicans to investigate the hacking of the election by Russia. One Illinois based political analyst thinks no ...
Cumulus Media Dec 19, 2016

Social mediation: Politicians bypass press, control message
IVAN MORENO, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Donald Trump’s tweets, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Facebook Live events and a video used by North Dakota’s new Governor illustra...
Cumulus Media Dec 18, 2016

IDOT Testing Drones
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Transportation is hoping drone’s can help the state keep tabs on the state’s road and highway infrastructure. IDOT purchased ...
Cumulus Media Dec 18, 2016