Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Will County uses drug-arrest money for Channahon police dog
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Money seized by police in illicit drug arrests has financed the purchase of a drug-sniffing dog for the Channahon Police Department. Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgo...
Nov 17, 2016
Chicago Mayor Heads to Rome
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel is off to Rome today, leading a delegation to see Pope Francis make Chicago Archbishop Cupich a Cardinal this weekend. More than 80 are on this...
Nov 17, 2016
Downstate Explosion Kills One, Injures 11
UPDATED 7:27am from Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CANTON) One person is dead and 11 people are injured after a large gas explosion in downstate Canton, about 30 miles southwest of Peoria. State police have ...
Nov 17, 2016
Head found in McKinley Park lagoon two months ago identified
(CHICAGO) The family of a woman whose severed head was found in a lagoon in McKinley Park on the South Side earlier this year is struggling to come to terms with her death. So far, only the head of 20...
Nov 17, 2016
Congress: First 100 Days Will Be Busy
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) An Illinois congressman expects it to be a busy time in Congress during President-elect Donald Trump’s first 100 days. U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) ...
Nov 16, 2016
Attorneys for Aaron Schock ask judge to postpone arraignment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Attorneys for former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock are asking a federal judge to postpone his arraignment on charges alleging he schemed to profit personally from his gove...
Nov 16, 2016
Layoffs Loom At BP Whiting
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WHITING, Ind.) Up to 80 salaried employees at the BP Whiting Refinery face layoffs because of slumping oil prices. It is the first mass layoff at the refinery since 1999...
Nov 16, 2016
Millennium Ice Skating Rink & Maggie Daley Ice Ribbon to Open
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Warm weather has postponed the opening of the Maggie Daley ice ribbon this season, though it is slated to begin operations next week when the weather temperatures...
Nov 16, 2016
FBI warns Cubs fans to be on lookout for fake memorabilia
(CHICAGO) The FBI is warning Chicago sports fans - and in particular, Cubs fans - to be on the lookout for counterfeit memorabilia ahead of the holiday season. "Following the great season the Chicago ...
Nov 15, 2016
Vrdolyak indicted on income tax evasion, impeding IRS
(CHICAGO) Onetime powerhouse Chicago alderman Edward R. Vrdolyak, who went to prison after pleading guilty to a high-profile financial scam in 2008, has been indicted on charges of impeding the IRS an...
Nov 15, 2016
