Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Illinois moves to shut down failing insurance co-op
(CHICAGO) Illinois regulators are moving to shut down a struggling health insurance co-op with 49,000 Illinois policyholders. Illinois Department of Insurance officials announced Tuesday they are seek...
Jul 13, 2016
Prosecutors want Blagojevich to serve full original sentence
(CHICAGO) Federal prosecutors have recommended that a judge impose the same 14-year prison sentence on Rod Blagojevich at his August resentencing that the imprisoned governor received at his original ...
Jul 13, 2016
German company Vetter plans Des Plaines, Illinois, facility
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois officials have announced a German company is planning a $320 million production facility in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines (dehz-PLAYNZ’). Vetter provides manufacturing...
Jul 13, 2016
WEATHER – Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A few storms may be severe. High 88F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Rain & storm chances increasing Wednesday afternoon and evening ahead of a plains cold front. Some storms could ...
Jul 13, 2016
Cook County Jail inmate diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease
(CHICAGO) An inmate at the Cook County Jail was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, prompting the jail to move other inmates on his tier "until further notice." The inmate was hospitalized July 6 wi...
Jul 13, 2016
‘Pizza Man’ burgled cars to buy pies in Riverside
Dany Ortiz | Riverside police (RIVERSIDE) Police say a 21-year-old man staked out pizza joints during a monthlong west suburban burglary spree - not to empty their registers, but to find a good slice ...
Jul 13, 2016
Rauner announces group to study education funding formula
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has announced a commission to help overhaul Illinois’ outdated school funding formula. The Republican told reporters on Tuesday that the bipartisan group of 25 p...
Jul 12, 2016
Public-private project to improve truck access to Joliet hub
(JOLIET) Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says state and local governments are partnering with a private company to relieve traffic congestion and provide easier access to a major commercial transport hub n...
Jul 12, 2016
Illinois replacing PARCC test for high school students
(CHICAGO) The Illinois State Board of Education says it will no longer administer the Partnership for the Achievement of Readiness for College and Careers standardized test to high school students. Th...
Jul 12, 2016
WEATHER – Partly cloudy early followed by scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. A few storms may be severe. High 88F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Tomorrow is the better chance of wind and hail. We have to watch the complex of storms to the west this morning to see...
Jul 12, 2016
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