Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Teens party at family’s condo, boy jumps out window to avoid cops
The rear window that a 15-year-old boy jumped out of after Riverside police arrived at the condominium for a possible burglary on Friday. | Riverside police (RIVERSIDE) Officers were called to ...
Jan 23, 2017
WEATHER – Areas of dense morning fog. Some drizzle possible. Cloudy. High 42F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Jeff Eno WLS-AM Monday, Januaray 23, 2017 DENSE FOG EARLY WITH ADVISORIES FOR INDIANA COUNTIES…WARM THRU MIDWEEK National Weather Service Alert: HAZARDOUS WEATHER ...
Jan 23, 2017
Park City man finds old lotto ticket worth $50K
Cesar Pineda | Illinois Lottery(PARK CITY) A north suburban man checked an old lottery ticket at a gas station to discover he won $50,000 in November. Cesar Pineda of Park City matched four numbers pl...
Jan 22, 2017
Weather: Cloudy but dry, colder later in the week
By Ray Stagich, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Drying out and staying mild for January this weekend. By mid to later next week, temperatures are expected to get colder. . Today|Mainly ...
Jan 21, 2017
Metra fares to increase in February
(CHICAGO) A Metra fare increase will go into effect at the start of February that will raise the annual cost to ride the train by $141 for those buying a monthly pass. Metra said the fare increases, w...
Jan 20, 2017
City sells $1.16B in bonds, but pays a heavy price for CPS crisis
(CHICAGO) Chicago sold $1.16 billion in general obligation bonds Thursday, but paid a heavy price for a school financial crisis made worse by Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a bill promising $215 million ...
Jan 20, 2017
March May Snarl Downtown Saturday
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) With thousands of marchers expected for the Women's March on Chicago on Saturday, January 21, the Office of Emergency Management and Communications has advised resi...
Jan 20, 2017
Man found dead in River North garage was Highland Park attorney
Louis Cohen | Photo from chambersandpartners.com (CHICAGO) A body found after a rubbish fire Tuesday morning in a River North parking garage has been identified as a 60-year-old Chicago real estate la...
Jan 20, 2017
City employee accused of sending ‘sexually explicit’ emails
(CHICAGO) An employee of the city's Department of Planning and Development was accused Wednesday of using city computers to send "more than 50 sexually explicit emails" over a three-month period and u...
Jan 19, 2017
Gov. Rauner wary of ‘Obamacare’ repeal without replacement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says President Barack Obama’s health care law has “massive flaws,” but he’s cautious about repeal “with nothing to rep...
Jan 19, 2017
