Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Being on the Sober Side at Lollapalooza
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Lolla Cares is the division of Lollapalooza which promotes education, service and environmental sustainability through the duration of the four-day festival i...
Aug 03, 2016
Lollapalooza to Return for Four Days Again in 2017 After Successful 25th Anniversary
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The city of Chicago, event organizers and emergency management services announced on Tuesday a “successful” 25th Anniversary Lollapalooza, which t...
Aug 03, 2016
Report: Chicago agency had no records on 6 police shootings
(CHICAGO) Chicago’s inspector general has found the city agency that reviews police shootings had no records on six shootings in recent years. The inspector general released a report Tuesday tha...
Aug 03, 2016
Elkhart police identify 3 killed by masked gunmen at home
(ELKHART) Police have identified the three men killed after two masked men forced their way into a northern Indiana home where 10 people had gathered and started shooting. Elkhart police on Tuesday sa...
Aug 03, 2016
Emanuel reportedly plans Utility tax hike
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Mayor Rahm Emanuel, after passing two massive property tax increases, now wants to raise the city utility tax. The re...
Aug 02, 2016
Kirk rips Trump on Kahn criticism
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk is criticizing his party’s nominee for President, Donald Trump, for Trump’s decision to attac...
Aug 02, 2016
Uber driver’s vehicle stolen, passenger injured in carjacking
\ A vehicle was stolen by two armed suspects early Tuesday in the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive, police said. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was injured early Tuesday when hi...
Aug 02, 2016
UPDATES: Man critically wounded in Lake View shooting
Chicago Police investigate a shooting Monday night in the 3200 block of North Racine. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was critically wounded in a Lake View neighborhood shooting Mond...
Aug 02, 2016
Naperville girl is youngest to hit 48 states’ highest peaks
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 12-year-old Naperville resident is the youngest girl to climb to the highest point in each of the lower 48 states. The Daily Herald reports that the Highpointers Club, a memb...
Aug 01, 2016
Bringing Democracy to Lollapalooza
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) More than being one of the most popular music festivals in the United States, Lollapalooza advocates that it is a place where music fans can learn more about how t...
Aug 01, 2016
