Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Oak Lawn man dies after Metra train strikes SUV
(OAK LAWN) Authorities say a suburban Chicago man has died after the SUV he was driving was struck by a Metra SouthWest Service train. Metra spokesman Tom Miller says the collision occurred about 7:40...
Aug 09, 2016
Quinn skips Nov. ballot for term limit measure
APNewsbreak (CHICAGO) Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says a voter referendum aimed at imposing term limits on Chicago’s mayor and creating a consumer advocacy position won’t make the Novem...
Aug 09, 2016
Judge may cut ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s prison term
(CHICAGO) A federal judge will decide today whether to cut the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY’-uh-vich), who went to prison in 2012. Blagojevich was co...
Aug 09, 2016
WEATHER – Sun and clouds mixed. High 88F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Morning Forecast Tuesday, August 9, 2016 SUMMERTIME HEAT AND HUMIDITY RETURNING BY MIDWEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES OFF TO OUR EAST. THE HEAT INDEX IS ...
Aug 09, 2016
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