Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
WEATHER – Skies will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High 71F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, May 12, 2016 Rain into Thursday morning. A cold front should produce another round of rain later Friday. Dry & cooler behind the front i...
May 12, 2016
Schaumburg Woman’s Sentence being determined in Daughter’s Death
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (SCHAUMBURG) A Schaumburg woman who killed her disabled daughter and then tried to commit suicide will have to wait to learn her sentence. Bonnie Liltz was initiall...
May 12, 2016
Email threat puts Burbank high school on soft lockdown
(BURBANK) A high school in southwest suburban Burbank was put on soft lockdown Wednesday afternoon after staff members received threatening emails. The school notified police about noon after the thre...
May 12, 2016
Three women arrested at O’Hare with $3M worth of drug
Pa Yang, Mai Vue Vang and True Thao | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Three Minnesota women were arrested Tuesday afternoon at O'Hare International Airport carrying more than $3 million worth of heroin and o...
May 11, 2016
WEATHER – Mostly cloudy skies with DENSE morning fog. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 72F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 An active weather pattern will bring periods of showers and storms through Thursday with the best chances for preci...
May 11, 2016
Overnight closures begin Friday under East River Road bridge
(CHICAGO) Overnight lane closures will begin Friday on the Kennedy Expressway and I-190 under the East River Road bridge. Beginning Friday, there will be overnight lane closures and intermittent full ...
May 11, 2016
Dense fog to reduce visibility during morning commute
A dense fog will reduce visibility throughout the Chicago area during Wednesday’s morning commute. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A dense fog that rolled into the region overnight will re...
May 11, 2016
Madigan reaches $18.5 million settlement with Peoples Gas
(CHICAGO) Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Tuesday two settlements totaling $18.5 million with Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and its former parent company Integrys Energy Group, and curren...
May 11, 2016
Two of five wolf pups born at Brookfield Zoo released into wild
Chicago Zoological Society veterinary and animal care staff perform neonatal examinations on Blaze and Brooke, two 5-day-old Mexican gray wolf pups, prior to their departure from Brookfield Zoo. | Chi...
May 10, 2016
ACLU seeks to enter case over transgender locker room access
CHICAGO (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois says it will seek to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to block a suburban Chicago school district from allowing a transgender studen...
May 10, 2016
