Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Shots fired at same house in Plainfield twice in a week
(PLAINFIELD) Police are looking for a suspect or suspects who fired shots at a home in southwest suburban Plainfield twice in the last week. About 6 a.m. Monday, police were called to the 23000 block ...
Apr 26, 2016
Police: Person in custody after 2 found dead at Lyons senior home
(CHICAGO) A "person of interest" was taken into custody after two people were found dead at a senior living facility in southwest suburban Lyons Monday, officials said. A man in his late 60s and a wom...
Apr 26, 2016
Individual “A” Sues Hastert for Breach of Contract
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Ahead of his sentencing hearing later this week, the person at the center of the criminal case against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, has filed a lawsuit clai...
Apr 25, 2016
Rauner signs education stopgap; GOP leader predicts budget deal “by the end of May.”
By John Dempsey, WLS News Rauner signs education stopgap; GOP leader predicts budget deal “by the end of May.” Governor Bruce Rauner has signed a bill to provide $600 million in emergency ...
Apr 25, 2016
Charges dropped in 1957 cold case murder
(CNN) Charges have been dismissed against the man who spent nearly five years behind bars for the 1957 murder of a little girl. But Jack Daniel McCullough still faces the possibility that some day a p...
Apr 24, 2016
Ted Cruz wins almost all of Maine’s delegates at convention
By David Wright, CNN Texas Sen. Ted Cruz collected the overwhelming majority of Maine’s Republican delegates during the state’s GOP convention Saturday. Cruz collected 19 of the 20 spots u...
Apr 24, 2016
WEATHER: Windy, warmer, chance of showers tonight
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel (CHICAGO) It will be warmer and gusty on Sunday, ahead of an approaching area of low pressue. The occasional showers and few thunderstorms expected should hold off until...
Apr 24, 2016
Maywood woman wins $1 million lottery prize
(MAYWOOD) A west suburban woman won $1 million with a scratch-off lottery ticket.Terria McGee was at her Maywood home when she used a quarter to scratch the $1,000,000 Jumbo Bucks ticket and realized ...
Apr 23, 2016
Illinois counties owe over 1M after state overpaid them
(CNN) St. Clair and Madison Counties owe a combined over $1 million after the state overpaid them. The Department of Revenue has overpaid around $168 million to cities, counties and school districts s...
Apr 23, 2016
Snow monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo names her baby by touchscreen
Snow monkey Izumi and her one-month-old girl, Iwaki. | Christopher Bijalba / Lincoln Park Zoo (CHICAGO) A snow monkey chose the name for her one-month-old baby this week using a touchscreen computer a...
Apr 23, 2016
