Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police investigate shots fired on Lake Shore Drive
Police were investigating after shots were fired at a vehicle on Lake Shore Drive early Wednesday on the Near North Side. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) Chicago Police are investigating after s...
Jun 01, 2016
UPDATE: Thugs stalk couple at lakefront, ends in woman’s death
CPD released additional photos Tuesday afternoon of the suspects in an attempted robbery that led to a woman’s death on Lake Shore Drive. | Chicago PoliceUPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL PHOTOS (CHICAGO)...
May 31, 2016
Building evacuated near Willowbook after roof blows off
(WILLOWBROOK) Residents of an apartment building near west suburban Willowbrook were evacuated after severe weather blew the roof off. The DuPage County sheriff's office was called about 2:40 p.m. and...
May 31, 2016
Drew Peterson Guilty in Murder For Hire Case
By Nick Gale, WLS AM 890 News (CHESTER, IL) Former Bolingbrook cop Drew Peterson, who is already serving time behind bars for the death of his third wife, has been found guilty in a murder for hire ca...
May 31, 2016
Update: Legislation to regulate fantasy sports betting has been shelved
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Legislation to regulate daily fantasy sports betting in Illinois has been shelved after a lawmaker accused a lobbyist of trying to buy votes for the bill. Democratic Rep. Mich...
May 30, 2016
SCOTUS nominee gives commencement address at West Niles High School
CHICAGO (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland has delivered the commencement address at the Chicago-area high school where he graduated 46 years ago as class valedictorian. Garland stayed away ...
May 30, 2016
5 hurt in Portage Park crash
The aftermath of a Portage Park crash that left five people injured. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) Authorities say a 24-year-old woman was drunk when she crashed a car early Monday in the Port...
May 30, 2016
Memorial Day Weather: Warm, muggy, maybe a a stray shower
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) STAYING WARM AND MAINLY DRY THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY WITH BETTER PRECIPITATION CHANCES LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. For weather warnings...
May 30, 2016
Chicago Police increasing presence on Lake Shore Drive
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police will increase their presence on Lake Shore Drive for the remainder of the holiday weekend after two deadly incidents on the North Side within 24 hours, First Deputy Supt. John...
May 29, 2016
Police react as Chicago gun violence spills onto expressways
By Don Babwin, Associated Press (CHICAGO) - A rash of shootings on Chicago area expressways has authorities promising that they will keep an especially close eye on the roadways on the Memorial Day we...
May 28, 2016
