Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Movie Sets in Chicago to see Higher Taxes
Chicago’s movie shoots are glamorous, but Bill Cameron says one alderman thinks they also ought to pay some street tax. Everybody says Chicago looks great on TV and in the movies, but Near North...
Oct 18, 2016
WEATHER – Partly cloudy. High 72F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Tuesday, Oct. 18 WINDY AND WARM…TEMPS WON’T GET MUCH HIGHER ON TUESDAY BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE COOLING DOWN THURSDAY ...
Oct 18, 2016
Chicago Man Gets Over Two Decades in prison for Uptown Rape
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A beating and rape outside of an apartment building on Chicago’s North Side has landed a Chicago man in prison for 24 years. In December 2012 a woma...
Oct 18, 2016
Windsurfer rescued from Lake Michigan
U.S. Coast Guard rescued man from Lake Michigan Monday. | Network Video Productions (EVANSTON) A windsurfer was rescued from Lake Michigan Monday in north suburban Evanston, according to Evanst...
Oct 18, 2016
Suit: Motorcyclist hit, killed by FedEx truck in Hickory Hills
Wayne Loebbaka | Provided photo (HICKORY HILLS) The family of a 27-year-old motorcyclist has filed a lawsuit against FedEx and the truck driver they say fatally struck the man while he was ridi...
Oct 18, 2016
Detainee’s death an example of ‘unjust’ bond system
Ryan Hanley | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A Far South Side man who had been held at the Cook County Jail for four months since being arrested for theft at an Avondale neighborhood Jewel-Osco died in cust...
Oct 18, 2016
Teen charged with murder for allegedly avenging brother’s beating
Elizabeth Diaz | Cook County sheriff’s office (CHICAGO) In retaliation for a gang beating, a 15-year-old boy riding by in an SUV fatally shot a 20-year-old on his bike on a Northwest Side street...
Oct 18, 2016
Nearly 90 percent complaints against police false or lacking evidence
CHICAGO (AP) - A newspaper’s analysis of five decades of Chicago Police Department data shows a small number of officers had racked up more than 100 complaints each and that an extremely small n...
Oct 16, 2016
Montero delivers in grand style in Cubs win
CHICAGO (AP) - Miguel Montero launched a tie-breaking, pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning to spark the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLCS. Montero connected...
Oct 16, 2016
In Illinois, health insurance price increases now official
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinoisans who buy insurance on the health care law’s marketplace face steep price increases for next year. That’s been predicted for some time. Now it’s official. Th...
Oct 16, 2016
