Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago activist asks judge to block mental-health exam
(DETROIT) A Chicago activist convicted of lying to get U.S. citizenship in Detroit is resisting a government request for a mental-health exam as she tries to overturn her conviction. Rasmea Odeh’...
Aug 10, 2016
The Latest: Blagojevich lawyer: Supreme Court appeal likely
(CHICAGO) A lawyer for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says now that a judge has declined to lighten Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence, he may again appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. De...
Aug 10, 2016
Metra calls a halt on its new rail car plan
(CHICAGO) The Metra commuter rail agency serving the Chicago area is no longer looking for a vendor to build nearly 370 new cars because of a shortfall in state funds. Metra officials say Illinois off...
Aug 10, 2016
Swimmer dies after being pulled from Montrose Harbor
(CHICAGO) A man died Sunday night after he was pulled from Lake Michigan on the North Side. The Chicago Police Marine Unit responded at 4:55 p.m. Sunday to a man struggling in the water at Montrose Ha...
Aug 10, 2016
Man killed in forklift accident at Des Plaines warehouse
(DES PLAINES) A Northwest Side man died after a workplace accident Friday evening at a shipping warehouse in northwest suburban Des Plaines. Urbano A. Merlos, 37, was pinned between a truck and a fork...
Aug 10, 2016
Illinois’ state bird commemorated on new postage stamp
(CHICAGO) Illinois’ state bird is now being commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp. A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday that the Northern Cardinal is one of the birds featured in ...
Aug 10, 2016
Park Ridge Girl Had Heart Defect
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 (PARK RIDGE)A final autopsy has revealed that the death of a 7-year-old Park Ridge girl back in June was the result of a congenital heart defect. Katherine Babich collapsed at...
Aug 09, 2016
Chicago Teachers Threaten Strike
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) In an effort at shared sacrifice, Chicago Public Schools is asking teachers to pay more for their pensions. It’s a teachers contract similar to one that Chicag...
Aug 09, 2016
Patti Blagojevich asks judge for leniency for husband
(CHICAGO) The wife of Rod Blagojevich is asking a federal judge for leniency ahead of a ruling on whether to reduce the 14-year prison term of the former Illinois governor. In a letter to U.S. Distric...
Aug 09, 2016
Chicago man sues House Speaker Madigan over failed primary
(CHICAGO) A man who unsuccessfully challenged Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in the Democratic primary has filed a lawsuit accusing the longtime political powerbroker of fraud and seeking to &...
Aug 09, 2016
