Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago schools cites drop in enrollment for new layoffs
(CHICAGO) Chicago Public Schools has announced it will lay off about 250 teachers and staff members due to a steeper-than-expected decline in enrollment. CPS says total enrollment on the 10th day of t...
Oct 04, 2016
Illinois announces plans for $132 million stadium renovation
(CHAMPAIGN) The University of Illinois says it is drawing up plans to renovate the south and east sides of Memorial Stadium. The university said Monday that the $132 million project would move the foo...
Oct 04, 2016
Woman fatally shot as she stood on Chicago street
(CHICAGO) A Chicago woman standing on a sidewalk in the city’s Roseland neighborhood was shot to death when she was caught in an exchange of gunfire between two groups. Authorities say 21-year-o...
Oct 04, 2016
Lane closures begin Tuesday on Kennedy Expressway
(CHICAGO) Temporary lane and ramp closures were scheduled to begin Tuesday on the inbound Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side. Preliminary work on an expressway improvement project will require t...
Oct 04, 2016
State gets another credit downgrade due to pension woes
(CHICAGO) Another day, another downgrade for Illinois amid its budgetary and pension problems. S&P Global Ratings on Friday dropped the state's credit rating one notch - from BBB+ to BBB, the Chic...
Oct 04, 2016
Push to End Statute of Limitations on Child Sex Crimes
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will discuss legislation she is supporting to remove the statute of limitations for child sex abuse crimes. An abus...
Oct 04, 2016
Fan in gorilla suit runs on field during Lions-Bears game
(CHICAGO) A person dressed in a gorilla suit and a T-shirt that read “All Lives Matter” ran on the field during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Lions-Bears game at Soldier Field. The ...
Oct 03, 2016
Shooting outside Chicago train stop leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded
(CHICAGO) Chicago police say a shooting outside a Southwest Side train station has left one man dead and another injured. Police say officers responding to a fight about 7:30 a.m. Sunday found a 20-ye...
Oct 03, 2016
Who inherits a selfie? States seek to fill privacy law gaps
(SPRINGFIELD) States are passing laws dealing with how to release information from online accounts to relatives when people die. Google, Facebook and other companies have said a federal privacy law ap...
Oct 03, 2016
Police warn of robberies on Near North Side
(CHICAGO) Police are warning residents of two robberies that occurred on the Near North Side neighborhood earlier this week. In each incident, a male walked up to victims on the street, pulled out a h...
Oct 03, 2016
