Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Touhy Closure to Disrupt Des Plaines Traffic
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A mile-long stretch of Touhy Avenue will be closed next week in northwest suburban Des Plaines as crews work to repair train track crossings. The closure is set...
Sep 11, 2016
“Pleasant” September weather on the way
By Ray Stagich, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Storm chances start diminishing this morning, leading into some very pleasant September weather starting Sunday into early next week. Tod...
Sep 10, 2016
Ramp from I-88 to I-355 closed this weekend in Downers Grove
The ramp carrying traffic from westbound I-88 to northbound I-355 will be closed this weekend. | Illinois Tollway (DOWNERS GROVE) A ramp connecting the Reagan Memorial Tollway to the Veterans Memorial...
Sep 09, 2016
Ingleside Resident Tests Positive for West Nile
By Nick Gale (CHICAGO) A north suburban person is the first to test positive for West Nile Virus in Lake County this year. The Lake County Health Department says a resident of Ingleside was hospitaliz...
Sep 09, 2016
Reward Offered After 71 Year Old Man Shot While Watering Lawn
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A $2,000 reward is now being offered for information about the robbery and shooting of a 71-year-old man in the Marquette Park neighborhood. A neighbors surveillanc...
Sep 08, 2016
Durbin impersonator facing prison time
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A Florida man faces up to 3 years in prison after pleading guilty to impersonating U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in order to avoid paying off his home loan. The U.S. A...
Sep 08, 2016
Aldermen, union blast Mondelez for job cuts
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Aldermen gathered on the city’s southwest side Wednesday afternoon to speak out against a Nabisco bakery outsourcing jobs to Mexico. 18th Ward Derrick Cu...
Sep 08, 2016
Bond Set in Murder of Elderly Chicago Man
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A Chicago man is being held on a $500,000 bond on charges that he shot to death an 80 year old man at the senior living home where they both lived. 67-yea...
Sep 08, 2016
Sony To Offer New Video Game Consoles
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Sony says that two new video game consoles will be coming out soon called the PS4 Slim and the Playstation 4 Pro. The company says the PS4 Slim is lighter...
Sep 08, 2016
CTU sets strike authorization date
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union have announced they will ask teachers- again- if they’re willing to strike if contract talks with the city fall...
Sep 08, 2016
