Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Cleveland one win away from taking 2016 World Series
Jason Kipnis extends the lead to 7-1 with a three-run homer to right field off Travis Wood in the top of the 7th. (Screen Shot:mlb.com) By Jill Martin, CNN (CHICAGO) If the Chicago Cubs donR...
Oct 29, 2016
Chicago bars charge $200 and up to watch the Cubs. Seats are extra
By Ahiza Garcia Go! Cubs! Go! Cubs fans may be excited for their team’s return to the World Series after 71 years. But so are the local bars that are set to make a ton of money charging steep co...
Oct 29, 2016
Madigan addresses voters confused by mail-in ballots
(CHICAGO) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan clarified the voting by mail process after recent complaints by confused voters on Thursday. Residents are urged to pay close attention to their mail a...
Oct 28, 2016
Man shot on Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park
Authorities investigate after a shooting on Lake Shore Drive downtown early Friday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was shot and critically wounded while driving on Lake Shore Drive early ...
Oct 28, 2016
Multiple people shot with paintballs in Evanston
(EVANSTON) Evanston police are seeking information from the public after multiple people were shot with paintballs Wednesday in the north suburb. Between 7:20 and 7:33 p.m., police received four repor...
Oct 28, 2016
Vote By Mail Off To Good Start
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) It looks like voting by mail is off to a good start in Cook County. With a week left to apply for vote by mail ballots, nearly 100,000 suburban Cook County voters h...
Oct 27, 2016
CTA To Launch “World Series Special” Train
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Cubs fans taking the Red Line to the game could board a piece of Chicago rail history. The CTA will operate what it is calling its "World Series Special" for the ga...
Oct 27, 2016
Fired Chicago Cop claiming PTSD
(CHICAGO) New details in the story of the fired Chicago Police Detective who escaped punishment after shooting and killing a black woman on the west side in 2012. The Chicago Tribune reports that Dant...
Oct 27, 2016
Downtown street closures set for TV filming
(CHICAGO) NBC dramas "Chicago PD" and "Chicago Fire" will be filming Thursday and Friday nights, shutting down several downtown streets. From 7 p.m. Thursday until 2 a.m. Friday, "PD" shoots will clos...
Oct 27, 2016
Cook County to hike minimum wage to $13
(CHICAGO) Minimum-wage workers in the Cook County suburbs are getting a raise, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. County Board members Wednesday approved an ordinance that will boost the minimum hourly wa...
Oct 27, 2016
