Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Duckworth Afraid Ethanol Subsidies Could End
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, got grilled today at his confirmation hearin...
Jan 18, 2017
Kinzinger rips Obama on Chelsea Manning decision.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is blasting President Obama’s decision to commute the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the transgender former Army P...
Jan 18, 2017
Ski Jump Tournament Postponed
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) Mother Nature is forcing a ski club in the far northwest suburbs to postpone its annual tournament. The warm temperatures have forced the Norge Ski Club in Fox River...
Jan 18, 2017
WEATHER – Foggy this morning, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 41F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Mild weather for January the next several days. rainy at times, certainly not wintry. SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 18 2017 &...
Jan 18, 2017
IPRA releases video from fatal November police shooting
Surveillance image of a fatal shooting involving Chicago Police officers in Englewood in November 2016. | Independent Police Review Authority The Independent Police Review Authority on Tuesday release...
Jan 18, 2017
Aurora Boy Gets Temporary Heart
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) An Aurora boy is the the world’s youngest recipient of a smaller version of a temporary artificial heart. While he is waiting for a permanent transplant, 11-y...
Jan 17, 2017
Police: Body found in River North parking garage
(CHICAGO) A body was found after a rubbish fire in a River North parking garage Tuesday morning, authorities said. Firefighters responded about 6 a.m. to the report of the rubbish fire on the 11th flo...
Jan 17, 2017
City bolsters mental health training after scathing DOJ report
(CHICAGO) Chicago is bolstering its response to emergencies involving people suffering from mental illness to address glaring deficiencies laid bare by the Justice Department, the Chicago Sun-Times is...
Jan 17, 2017
Former Astronaut and Bellwood Native dies
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) An astronaut, who’s name is on a west suburban space center, has died. Eugene Cernan, Commander of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission, was the last pers...
Jan 17, 2017
Rail union rejects agreement on jobs program for felons
CHICAGO (AP) - The union representing Chicago Transit Authority rail workers has come out against an extension of a jobs program for felons. The decision by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 to oppo...
Jan 16, 2017
