Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Texting schemer to plead guilty to role in Heather Mack case
(CHICAGO) Robert Bibbs knew the text messages would be his undoing from the start. When the news broke in 2014 that authorities had arrested Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer for the murder of Chicago s...
Dec 13, 2016
Former pharmacy execs allegedly paid bribes to Illinois doctor
(CHICAGO) At first, the Chicago pharmacy sales rep had serious doubts about her ability to persuade a particular doctor in her region to start prescribing her company's powerful painkiller. "He is ext...
Dec 13, 2016
Schock Pleads Not Guilty
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Former U.S. Congressman Aaron Schock is scheduled to go on trial, early in the new year, after pleading not guilty to misusing government and campaign mon...
Dec 12, 2016
Plans moving forward for massive real estate project on Near North side
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There is another step forward for a huge real estate development where a huge factory once stood on the Near North Side of Chicago. Crain’s Chicago busines...
Dec 12, 2016
Two deaths in Cook County linked to never-before-seen opioids
(CHICAGO) A Chicago man and a northwest suburban resident died of overdoses of powerful opioids that had never before been seen in Cook County, officials said Friday. They were the first deaths...
Dec 11, 2016
UPDATE: No bond for man charged with robbing 94-year-old woman
Olajuwon Claiborne | Chicago policeUPDATES WITH NO BOND A 26-year-old man was charged early Sunday in the home invasion of a 94-year-old U.S. Navy veteran Wednesday morning in her Garfield Ridge neigh...
Dec 11, 2016
Democrat to try solving Chicago gun violence with sentencing
By Ivan Moreno, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois legislators are facing increasing pressure from law enforcement to crack down on repeat gun offenders who are blamed for the surge in...
Dec 11, 2016
Have travel plans? Prepare for cold rain and snow
CHICAGO (AP) - A blanket of snow will cover the Great Lakes and the Northeast ahead of an expected dip into Arctic-cold temperatures. The wintry weather mostly moved out of the Plains overnight, pushi...
Dec 11, 2016
More than 1,000 flights cancelled as 8 inches of snow expected
(CHICAGO) More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled as Chicago prepares for up to 8 inches of snow by Sunday night. Early Sunday, 1,181 flights were canceled at O'Hare International Airport and 163 ...
Dec 11, 2016
Winter Storm Warning – 6 to 10 inches of snow possible
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist **WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. MOST AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE 6-10″ OF SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS TIME WITH LO...
Dec 11, 2016
