Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Officials detail ‘targeted enforcement’ efforts over weekend
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police officials say there was a drop in the number of shootings and homicides over the past weekend after dozens of officers flooded three areas of the city. Police Superintend...
Nov 15, 2016
Chicago Drug Dealer Sentenced for Attempted Murder
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A Chicago drug dealer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for trying to kill a federal informant. Kelsey Jones sold crack and heroin on Chicago’...
Nov 15, 2016
18 passengers sue after fiery engine failure at O’Hare
The National Transportation Safety Board released this photo of the pieces it recovered from a high-pressure turbine disk that fractured inside the engine of an American Airlines jet that was about to...
Nov 15, 2016
Work starts Tuesday on new bridge from Jane Addams to Cumberland
(CHICAGO) Construction will start Tuesday on a new flyover bridge connecting the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway to Cumberland Avenue on the Northwest Side. The bridge will connect eastbound I-90 to Cumb...
Nov 15, 2016
Man charged with stealing $150K from Edgewater condo association
(CHICAGO) A property manager is facing federal charges for allegedly pocketing more than $150,000 in illegal fees from a condominium association in the North Side Edgewater neighborhood. Alan P. Gold,...
Nov 15, 2016
WEATHER – A mix of clouds and sun. High 58F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Tuesday, November 15 Ray’s Note: A mild week ahead. Back to more standard November cold by the weekend. It could be in the 70s by Thurs...
Nov 15, 2016
Rauner paid $50M in 2015 taxes, earned nearly $200M
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has released his 2015 tax returns showing he earned nearly $200 million and paid about $50 million in federal and state income taxes. The for...
Nov 13, 2016
WEATHER: Sunny, cool, pleasant
From Weather Channel sources (CHICAGO) A pleasant Sunday and start to the work week . Today I Sunny with a few clouds passing thru in the afternoon.High of 57. Low of 41. Monday | A mix of sunshine an...
Nov 13, 2016
Chicago chief to meet monthly with black student protesters
By Don Babwin, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s police chief has agreed to hold monthly meetings with a group of black high school students who had planned a demonstration protesting an...
Nov 12, 2016
Duckworth, Kirk hold meeting after contentious campaign
CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic Senator-elect Tammy Duckworth and defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Kirk met at a Chicago delicatessen in a public effort to move past an intense election campaign. The...
Nov 12, 2016
