Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago Cubs parade: Fans swarm streets hours ahead
By Jason Hanna and David Williams, CNN This is to be the parade that will “stand the test of time,” as Chicago’s mayor put it. Chicago is celebrating the Chicago Cubs’ first Wo...
Nov 04, 2016
Did baseball help bridge the political divide?
Photo Credit: Ezra Shaw / Getty Images By Stephen Collinson, CNN For 10 heart stopping innings, Americans finally had something to draw them together rather than drive them apart. A World Series game ...
Nov 03, 2016
Police: Man killed in hit-and-run crash in Logan Square
A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Thursday in the 2500 block of North Western, police said. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Thursday in ...
Nov 03, 2016
World Series Game 7: Will Cubs or Indians break their curse?
By Jill Martin, CNN This is it. By the end of Wednesday night’s World Series Game 7 between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, one curse will be broken. For the other, the misery will remai...
Nov 02, 2016
Feds: Chicago cop admitted having sex with girl who had braces
(CHICAGO) A Chicago cop admitted he paid for sex last summer with a girl who had braces on her teeth and took pictures of her in her underwear, federal prosecutors claim. Now Officer William "Willie" ...
Nov 02, 2016
Claypool Outline Some CTU Contract Savings
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Chicago Teachers Union has ratified a new four-year contract and CPS CEO Forrest Claypool is claiming the deal actually saves hundreds of millions of dollars...
Nov 02, 2016
Former Premier Bank executives plead guilty to fraud scheme
(CHICAGO) Two former board members of a failed Wilmette bank have pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal government of millions of dollars. Zulfikar Esmail, 73, and his wife Shamim Esmail, 68, each ...
Nov 02, 2016
WEATHER – Isolated thunderstorms during the morning becoming more widespread this afternoon. High around 70F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, Nov. 2 WARMTH FOR EARLY NOVEMBER CONTINUES. SOUTHWEST FLOW BRINGING MILD, WET WEATHER SYSTEMS INTO OUR MIDWEEK FORECAST. A LITTLE ...
Nov 02, 2016
Chicago cop charged with tampering with a federal drug probe
(CHICAGO) A Chicago Police officer is charged with impeding a narcotics investigation by warning a longtime acquaintance about a raid on targeted homes on the West Side, according to a federal indictm...
Nov 02, 2016
NullCrew hacker never made a dime off crimes but gets 45 months
(CHICAGO) Timothy French may have never made a dime from his exploits with the notorious hacking group, NullCrew. But U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman said French, 22, seemed to take pleasure in the...
Nov 02, 2016
