Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
ATF agents join local probe into Chicago fire that killed 4
(CHICAGO) Federal agents have joined Chicago police and fire investigators in trying to determine the cause of a suspicious fire that killed four, including three children. The Cook County medical exa...
Aug 25, 2016
WEATHER – Thunderstorms during the morning will give way to partly cloudy skies this afternoon. High 79F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, August 25, 2016 Another slow drive this morning with local heavy rain, but drier weather for the afternoon commute. Dry on Friday before ano...
Aug 25, 2016
Streamwood teen accused of running over father three times
Tarrill Peters Jr. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A Streamwood teen ran over his father three times with a car after an argument broke out at a relative's home in Chicago's North Austin neighborhood earli...
Aug 25, 2016
Metra: Pedestrian fatally struck by train in Forest Glen
(CHICAGO) A pedestrian was fatally struck by a Metra train late Wednesday in the Northwest Side Forest Glen neighborhood, according to the transit agency. The person was struck by an inbound Milwaukee...
Aug 25, 2016
Duckworth: Kirk ‘unhinged,’ hearings on Iran payment ‘waste’
(CHICAGO) Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth is calling U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk “unhinged” after the Illinois Republican said President Barack Obama was “acting like the drug dealer in...
Aug 24, 2016
VIDEO: Chicago police refute Trump’s claim he talked to commanders
(CHICAGO) Chicago police are debunking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s claim that department officials told him they can reduce crime by being tougher. During a Monday interview...
Aug 24, 2016
Chicago Board of Education to vote on $5.4 billion budget
(CHICAGO) The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote on a $5.4 billion budget that will include increased property taxes. However, advocacy groups are expressing opposition to the spending pla...
Aug 24, 2016
WEATHER – Scattered showers and Thunderstorms this morning, then cloudy skies this afternoon. High 83F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Ray’s Note: SOUTHWEST WINDS BRINGING UP THE HUMIDITY AND THE RAIN CHANCES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY̷...
Aug 24, 2016
Charges filed against teen shot by state trooper in Chinatown
(CHICAGO) Charges have been filed against the 15-year-old boy who was shot by a state trooper Saturday evening in Chinatown on the South Side. The boy, whose name was not released because he is a mino...
Aug 24, 2016
Stevenson ramp closures start Wednesday night
(CHICAGO) Several nightly lane and ramp closures are planned on the Stevenson Expressway starting Wednesday night for ongoing Lake Shore Drive interchange construction. The northbound I-55 entrance ra...
Aug 24, 2016
