Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
O’Hare airport workers to announce strike date Monday
(CHICAGO) Thanksgiving holiday air travelers will soon learn when hundreds of workers plan to strike this week at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Service Employees International Un...
Nov 21, 2016
Channahon police get drug sniffing dog with forfeiture funds
(CHICAGO) The Channahon Police Department has a new K-9 officer, purchased with drug forfeiture funds by the Will County state's attorney's office. Officer Hutch being sworn in.Photo via Channahon Pol...
Nov 21, 2016
UPDATE: Lake County sheriff, Portage mayor indicted on bribery charges
Lake County Sheriff John Buncich | Lake County sheriff’s office (HAMMOND, Ind.) Several northwest Indiana public officials, including Lake County Sheriff John Buncich and Portage Mayor James Sny...
Nov 19, 2016
UPDATE: Grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis shot to death in Englewood
Congressman Danny Davis’ grandson was shot to death inside this Englewood home Friday evening. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times(CHICAGO) The 15-year-old grandson of Congressman Danny Davis was shot to d...
Nov 19, 2016
Chicago O’Hare airport workers plan Thanksgiving strike
By Aaron Smith Hundreds of workers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport are planning to strike during the Thanksgiving holiday, one of the busiest times at one of the country’s busiest ...
Nov 19, 2016
Cupich Elevated to Cardinal
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago’s Catholic leader is now a Cardinal. Archbishop Blase Cupich was elevated to Cardinal this morning in Rome.He had arrived Thursday to participate even...
Nov 19, 2016
Morning lane closures on I-90/94 near Addison this weekend: IDOT
(CHICAGO) Lane closures are planned for a portion of the Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side this weekend. Lane closures on Interstate 90/94 will take place from 6 to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and Su...
Nov 19, 2016
After warm spell, back to more typical November weather
From Weather Channel sources (CHICAGO) After near record highs Thursday and a mild Friday, colder, much more November-like weather returns this weekend. In fact, the first significant winter storm of ...
Nov 19, 2016
Man found shot in Rosemoor, city’s 700th homicide of 2016
(CHICAGO) Joseph Anderson, who was found dead with a gunshot wound to the face on the floor of his Rosemoor neighborhood apartment Thursday night, is at least the 700th homicide victim in the city thi...
Nov 18, 2016
Trump’s election triggers flood of immigration questions
CHICAGO (AP) - Immigration hotlines, legal clinics and public schools around the country have been fielding a flood of questions about immigration since Donald Trump’s election. Trump’s to...
Nov 18, 2016
