Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Man dead after Metra train hits vehicle on NW Side, One Other Dead in Second accident
(CHICAGO) A 51-year-old man was killed when a Metra train on the Union Pacific-Northwest Line struck a vehicle Thursday morning in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, authorities said...
Jan 27, 2017
Police announce increased DUI patrols in 15th District
(CHICAGO) Police will be searching for drunken drivers Saturday night in the Austin District. Officers will conduct DUI saturation patrols from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday in the district's area,...
Jan 27, 2017
Community Raising Funds For Kennedy Student Who Died In Pool
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A GoFundMe account has been set up for a 14-year-old boy with special needs who died after being pulled from the pool at Kennedy High School in Chicago. Family memb...
Jan 26, 2017
Illinois Legislators Go Home: Still No Budget
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD) In Springfield today, the legislators have gone home for two weeks without voting on a grand bargain compromise that was taking shape in the state senate...
Jan 26, 2017
Villa Park Woman Accused of Stealing from Elderly Uncle
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Bond has been set at $100,000 for a west suburban woman accused of stealing from a relative who suffered from dementia. Prosecutors say Sharon Cermak of V...
Jan 26, 2017
