Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago Police union to officers: Don’t request overtime
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s police union is asking officers to refuse to work overtime during the Labor Day weekend to protest the “disrespect” of police and the recent slayings of offi...
Jul 27, 2016
Jackson Park May Host Obama Library
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) There are various media reports that President Barack Obama has chosen Jackson Park for his presidential library. The park, which is next to the Museum of Science...
Jul 27, 2016
Final Beam Installation on the Jane Byrne Interchange to Take Place August 7
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 Traffic & Transportation (CHICAGO) IDOT has just announced the final beam installation to support the bridge deck of the flyover ramp for the Jane Byrne Interchange. The...
Jul 27, 2016
Two charged with trying to rob civilian CPD employee
(CHICAGO) Two people have been charged with trying to rob a civilian employee of the Chicago Police Department on Monday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Derrick Metcalf, 31...
Jul 27, 2016
United, TSA to offer automated security checkpoints
CHICAGO (AP) - In a bid to reduce long airport security lines, United Airlines says it will work with federal officials to install automated screening checkpoints this fall at its hub in Newark, New J...
Jul 26, 2016
Semi driver cited in fatal fiery Stevenson crash
The Chicago Fire Department at the scene of a semi fire Monday morning on the Kennedy Expressway at Cicero. | Chicago Fire Department photo (CHICAGO) A truck driver was cited after a fiery five-...
Jul 26, 2016
Rahm Not At DNC, Joking About It
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Democratic National Convention continues in Philadelphia without Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is joking about it all. Emanuel is too toxic to get a spot on the ma...
Jul 26, 2016
Durbin won’t rule out challenging Rauner for Governor
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is not closing the door on the possibility that he may step down from the Senate to run for Illinois Governor ag...
Jul 26, 2016
Person found dead in van under semi after Stevenson fire
(CHICAGO) A person was found dead inside a minivan that was trapped under a semi which caught fire after a crash Monday morning on the Stevenson Expressway on the Southwest Side. The five-vehicle cras...
Jul 26, 2016
WEATHER – A mix of clouds and sun. High 87F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Tuesday, July 26, 2016 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 26 2016 – SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT JULY 27 2016 – SUNRISE 541 AM CDT SUNSET 815...
Jul 26, 2016
