Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
City deploys salt spreaders as forecasters warn of freezing rain
(CHICAGO) The Department of Streets and Sanitation has deployed 210 trucks to salt the city's main streets and Lake Shore Drive early Thursday as forecasters warn of freezing rain across the Chicago a...
Jan 12, 2017
Power Tool Manufacturer Looks At Naperville
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A power tool manufacturer is moving its North American Headquarters from Michigan to Naperville. Chervon North America, the company that produces the Skil tool bran...
Jan 11, 2017
Monopoly Allowing Players to Choose New Game Pieces
Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The iconic game of Monopoly is looking to expand it’s game piece collection and is looking to the public for help choosing what the new pieces should be. I...
Jan 11, 2017
Chicago veterans museum acquires Kurt Vonnegut art prints
CHICAGO (AP) - The National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago has acquired 31 screen prints by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The museum announced the acquisition Tuesday. An exhibit of Vonnegut a...
Jan 11, 2017
Postal service offers $25,000 reward in mail carrier robbery
CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $25,000 reward for information about the recent armed robbery in Chicago of a mail carrier. The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/2jfVqwf ) ...
Jan 11, 2017
Lipinski aide found dead after ‘domestic fight’ call
(OAK LAWN) A former state senator's daughter who worked as an aide to U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (3rd) was found dead in a home in southwest suburban Oak Lawn early Tuesday, the Chicago Sun-Times is repor...
Jan 11, 2017
WEATHER – Cloudy skies with periods of rain this afternoon. High 44F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Ray’s Note: January thaw continues for a short while longer. A strong weather system moving through the mid...
Jan 11, 2017
Judge Orders Laquan McDonald Juvenile Records Released
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A judge has ordered that the juvenile records of Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer, be released to the officer’s attorney. Co...
Jan 10, 2017
Backpage.com shuts down ‘adult’ ads after Senate committee report
(CHICAGO) The owners of Backpage.com on Monday shut down the "adult" section on the online classified advertising site, just hours after a U.S. Senate committee released a report that found the site k...
Jan 10, 2017
Obama says goodbye
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Popular but politically humbled, President Barack Obama says goodbye to the nation Tuesday night in a dramatic reinterpretation of a presidential farewell add...
Jan 10, 2017
