Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Rosemont goes ahead on construction of new baseball stadium
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO)When the Cubs were fighting with the city of Chicago over renovations at Wrigley Field, the village of Rosemont had an idea- move to the suburbs. While the ...
Cumulus Media Aug 16, 2016

Suburban man charged in fatal DUI crash
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A 41-year-old man has been charged in a DUI crash that killed a 31-year-old man and his daughter in south suburban Chicago Heights Sunday morning. Police s...
Cumulus Media Aug 16, 2016

Police Searching After Two Found Dead in Sycamore
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SYCAMORE)Police in Sycamore are warning residents to be on alert after a mother and her son were found dead in their home. DeKalb County Sheriffs officers says it appear...
Cumulus Media Aug 16, 2016

Cubs Fire DJ for Mocking Cubs Reliever Over Domestic Violence
(CHICAGO) It’s a modern-day version of a ballpark organist playing “Three Blind Mice” when there was a call that went against the home team. But this went a little too far. The Chica...
Cumulus Media Aug 16, 2016

New law sets training standards for Alzheimer’s caregivers
(CHICAGO) Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation that sets training standards for those who provide care to people with Alzheimer’s disease. He signed the measure into law on Monday. It outlin...
Cumulus Media Aug 16, 2016

Communist group members in Milwaukee to ‘support revolution’
(MILWAUKEE)A Chicago-based communist revolutionary group blamed by Milwaukee’s police chief for stoking a second day of violence says that some of its members did go there to “support a re...
Cumulus Media Aug 16, 2016

Three Lake County Corrections Officers fired after inmate’s death
(CHICAGO) The terminations of three Lake County Corrections Officers for their involvement in an inmate's 2012 death have been upheld. The terminations of Corrections Officers Rodney Holmes, Robert Sc...
Cumulus Media Aug 15, 2016

Longtime Rosemont Public Servant, Son of Founder, Dies
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 (ROSEMONT) The Village of Rosemont is mourning the death of a longtime public servant. Donald E. Stephens II, who served the village for more than 43 years, died Saturday morn...
Cumulus Media Aug 15, 2016

11 displaced in 3-building fire in Greater Grand Crossing
Firefighters battled a blaze in three buildings early Monday in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) Two firefighters were injured and 11 people were displace...
Cumulus Media Aug 15, 2016

Milwaukee Protests Break Out After Police Shooting
[van id=”us/2016/08/14/milwaukee-violence-police-shooting-young-newday.cnn”] Angry crowds took to the streets in Milwaukee on Saturday night to protest the fatal shooting of an armed man b...
Cumulus Media Aug 15, 2016