Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Man fatally shot while walking near Millennium Park downtown
(CHICAGO) A 54-year-old man from the western suburbs has died after being shot in the head Saturday night near Millennium Park and the Art Institute of Chicago downtown. Peter Fabbri was pronounced de...
Sep 26, 2016
CPD announces next 7 districts to receive body cameras
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police announced Sunday that the next seven police districts to be outfitted with body cameras for officers will be the Englewood, Harrison, Chicago Lawn, Grand Crossing, Grand Centr...
Sep 26, 2016
South Chicago suburbs try to curb video gambling businesses
OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) - Several southern Chicago suburbs are enacting new rules to curb the spread of video gambling businesses. The Daily Southtown (http://trib.in/2cUY5Jq ) reports that data from the ...
Sep 25, 2016
Chicago businessman gets two-year prison sentence in fraud scheme
(CHICAGO) A Chicago businessmen who admitted to a fraud scheme involving two state agencies was sentenced Friday to 24 months in prison, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. At his sentencing in U.S. D...
Sep 25, 2016
VIDEO: Ricketts, Adelson families compare Clinton to Nixon in super PAC ad
By Theodore Schleifer, CNN The super PAC funded by two major Republican donors, the Adelson and Ricketts families, is beginning its first advertising push since it relaunched with a searing new spot c...
Sep 25, 2016
Eddie Johnson with Big John and Ray: More cops just “a piece of the puzzle.”
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was on WLS this morning, talking about Mayor Emanuel’s multi-faceted crime-fighting strategy. Johnson told R...
Sep 23, 2016
Emanuel’s Anti-Crime Plan
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel talked up 500 more cops but not how to pay for them, universal mentoring for at-risk 8th, 9th & 10th graders and a new law now...
Sep 23, 2016
WEATHER – Patchy fog. Overcast. A few showers or thunderstorms possible. High 73F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Friday, September 23, 2016 WLS-AM 890 Forecast Rain again should stay MAINLY west today….cooler weather here…then a brief warm up Sunday, with ev...
Sep 23, 2016
“Hamilton” to Extend Chicago Run
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The acclaimed Broadway show “Hamilton” is extending its run. Broadway in Chicago has announced that 26 more weeks have been added to the run after ticke...
Sep 22, 2016
AUDIO: Chicago Aldermen react to cop hiring plan
(CHICAGO) Some Chicago aldermen are skeptical of Mayor Emanuel’s plan to hire more police officers. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson wants to add 516 new officers to the police force, and whi...
Sep 22, 2016
