Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Congress: First 100 Days Will Be Busy
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) An Illinois congressman expects it to be a busy time in Congress during President-elect Donald Trump’s first 100 days. U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) ...
Nov 16, 2016
Attorneys for Aaron Schock ask judge to postpone arraignment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Attorneys for former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock are asking a federal judge to postpone his arraignment on charges alleging he schemed to profit personally from his gove...
Nov 16, 2016
Layoffs Loom At BP Whiting
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WHITING, Ind.) Up to 80 salaried employees at the BP Whiting Refinery face layoffs because of slumping oil prices. It is the first mass layoff at the refinery since 1999...
Nov 16, 2016
Millennium Ice Skating Rink & Maggie Daley Ice Ribbon to Open
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Warm weather has postponed the opening of the Maggie Daley ice ribbon this season, though it is slated to begin operations next week when the weather temperatures...
Nov 16, 2016
FBI warns Cubs fans to be on lookout for fake memorabilia
(CHICAGO) The FBI is warning Chicago sports fans - and in particular, Cubs fans - to be on the lookout for counterfeit memorabilia ahead of the holiday season. "Following the great season the Chicago ...
Nov 15, 2016
Vrdolyak indicted on income tax evasion, impeding IRS
(CHICAGO) Onetime powerhouse Chicago alderman Edward R. Vrdolyak, who went to prison after pleading guilty to a high-profile financial scam in 2008, has been indicted on charges of impeding the IRS an...
Nov 15, 2016
Officials detail ‘targeted enforcement’ efforts over weekend
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police officials say there was a drop in the number of shootings and homicides over the past weekend after dozens of officers flooded three areas of the city. Police Superintend...
Nov 15, 2016
Chicago Drug Dealer Sentenced for Attempted Murder
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A Chicago drug dealer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for trying to kill a federal informant. Kelsey Jones sold crack and heroin on Chicago’...
Nov 15, 2016
18 passengers sue after fiery engine failure at O’Hare
The National Transportation Safety Board released this photo of the pieces it recovered from a high-pressure turbine disk that fractured inside the engine of an American Airlines jet that was about to...
Nov 15, 2016
Work starts Tuesday on new bridge from Jane Addams to Cumberland
(CHICAGO) Construction will start Tuesday on a new flyover bridge connecting the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway to Cumberland Avenue on the Northwest Side. The bridge will connect eastbound I-90 to Cumb...
Nov 15, 2016
