Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Teen dies after being pulled from pool at Kennedy High School
(CHICAGO) A 14-year-old boy died after he was pulled from a pool Wednesday afternoon at a high school in the Southwest Side Garfield Ridge neighborhood. Crews responded to Kennedy High School at 6325 ...
Jan 26, 2017
Police investigating racist graffiti on Beverly garage
Swastikas, racist messages and graffiti were found on a garage Wednesday night in the 10300 block of South Claremont. | NVP News (CHICAGO) Police have opened an investigation after racist graffiti was...
Jan 26, 2017
WEATHER – Mainly cloudy with snow showers around this morning. High near 35F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, January 26, 2017 BETTER CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW CLOSER TO THE STATE LINE…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES INTO WISCONSIN WILL BE ALLOWE...
Jan 26, 2017
“El Chapo” Public Enemy No. 1 No More
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is being stripped of his title as Public Enemy No. 1. Following his extradition to the U.S., the Chicago Crime Commission deci...
Jan 25, 2017
Queen of Peace Catholic High School Announces Closing
Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 News (BURBANK) After 55 years in service, the popular female-only Catholic institution, Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, will close its doors at the end of this school ye...
Jan 25, 2017
VIDEO: Six people arrested on mob action charges after Christmas Eve Gurnee Mills Mall Fight
Clockwise from top left: Deaja Cherry, Amanda M. Ortiz, David D. Wales and Juan A. Padilla | Lake County sheriff’s office (GURNEE) Authorities have arrested six of the seven adults wanted on mob...
Jan 25, 2017
‘Celebgate’ hacker sentenced to nine months in prison
(CHICAGO) A federal judge painted a portrait of a world that "inspires secrecy and anonymity and intrusion into the affairs of people's private lives" as he handed a South Side man a nine-month prison...
Jan 25, 2017
12 Latin Kings gang members indicted in Indiana
Sean Michael Pena (left) and Timothy Maurice Diaz | U.S. Attorney’s office (HAMMOND, Ind.) Twelve members of the Latin Kings gang are now facing narcotics distribution and racketeering ch...
Jan 25, 2017
Toyota Recalls Some Pickup Trucks
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Toyota is recalling thousands of pickup trucks because of a rear bumper problem. Seventy-nine thousand Toyota Tundra pickup trucks from the 2016 and 2017 ...
Jan 25, 2017
SNAP announces director named in lawsuit has resigned
(CHICAGO) A longtime leader of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, an advocacy group that has for decades publicized allegations of sexual abuse by priests, left the organization at the ...
Jan 25, 2017
