Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Reward Offered After 71 Year Old Man Shot While Watering Lawn
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A $2,000 reward is now being offered for information about the robbery and shooting of a 71-year-old man in the Marquette Park neighborhood. A neighbors surveillanc...
Sep 08, 2016
Durbin impersonator facing prison time
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A Florida man faces up to 3 years in prison after pleading guilty to impersonating U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in order to avoid paying off his home loan. The U.S. A...
Sep 08, 2016
Aldermen, union blast Mondelez for job cuts
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Aldermen gathered on the city’s southwest side Wednesday afternoon to speak out against a Nabisco bakery outsourcing jobs to Mexico. 18th Ward Derrick Cu...
Sep 08, 2016
Bond Set in Murder of Elderly Chicago Man
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A Chicago man is being held on a $500,000 bond on charges that he shot to death an 80 year old man at the senior living home where they both lived. 67-yea...
Sep 08, 2016
Sony To Offer New Video Game Consoles
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Sony says that two new video game consoles will be coming out soon called the PS4 Slim and the Playstation 4 Pro. The company says the PS4 Slim is lighter...
Sep 08, 2016
CTU sets strike authorization date
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union have announced they will ask teachers- again- if they’re willing to strike if contract talks with the city fall...
Sep 08, 2016
WEATHER: Summer-like
By Ray Stagich, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) It will continue to feel like summer, although we should see a cooling trend toward the weekend. between now and then, expect some rain, ...
Sep 08, 2016
Wounded woman delivers baby after Chicago shooting
(CHICAGO) A pregnant Chicago woman who was shot in the abdomen during another violent holiday weekend in the city later delivered a nearly full-term baby boy. The shooting Monday in the Back of the Ya...
Sep 07, 2016
Governors State to close business centers
(UNIVERSITY PARK) Governors State University has announced it is closing its Illinois Small Business Development Center and its Illinois SBDC International Trade Center due to the state’s budget...
Sep 07, 2016
Spotlight on Chicago teacher contracts on first day of class
(CHICAGO) The spotlight is on contract talks between teachers and officials with the nation’s third-largest school district as Chicago students attend the first day of school. Chicago Public Sch...
Sep 07, 2016
