Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Metra CEO Gets Pay Hike, Commuters Get Fare Hike
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A month after Metra Commuters were hit with another fare hike, the Metra board has voted to give Metra CEO Don Orseno a $28,000 raise. The board voted unanimous...
Dec 15, 2016
CPS classes in session Thursday despite frigid temperatures
(CHICAGO) Chicago Public Schools students will have to brave Thursday's bitterly cold temperatures. Classes will be in session with a wind chill advisory in effect until 10 a.m. Thursday as temperatur...
Dec 15, 2016
Irving Park, Addison CTA stations to get new artwork
(CHICAGO) The Irving Park and Addison CTA Blue Line stations on the city's Northwest Side are the latest to get approved for new works of public art. Both stations recently underwent significant renov...
Dec 15, 2016
County gun violence report calls for more cop collaboration
(CHICAGO) While crime does not respect municipal boundaries, police agencies in Cook County have no uniform way to compare their crime data or trace weapons used in crime, according to a report from a...
Dec 15, 2016
WEATHER – Bitterly cold. A mix of clouds and sun. Windy with wind chills in the teens below zero this morning. High 19F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Looking like a full-fledged arctic landscape the rest of the week. Very cold air(bitterly cold by the weekend) and more s...
Dec 14, 2016
Man wearing construction vest robs Mount Prospect bank
Surveillance photos of a man who robbed a Bank of America branch Monday afternoon in Mount Prospect. | FBI (MOUNT PROSPECT) A man wearing a construction vest robbed a bank Monday afternoon in n...
Dec 14, 2016
A Guilty Plea in Oak Park Woman’s Overseas Death
By Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (CHIC AGO) Two years after the murder of an Oak Park woman in Bali, a Chicago man has pleaded guilty in her death. The murder story was seen on all the networks...
Dec 13, 2016
Quigley: State budget woes could hurt odds for Trump funds
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago-area Democratic congressman says Illinois could miss out on federal infrastructure money under President-election Donald Trump if the state doesn’t sort out its budget p...
Dec 13, 2016
Illinois lawmakers want investigation after lottery report
CHICAGO (AP) - State lawmakers want an investigation after a newspaper found the Illinois Lottery sold instant tickets but didn’t hand out many cash grand prizes. The Chicago Tribune reports ) t...
Dec 13, 2016
Rauner acts on clemency requests.
(CHICAGO) Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he has cleared a backlog of clemency requests left over from the administrations of Governors Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn. Rauner told “The Big Jo...
Dec 13, 2016
