Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
WEATHER -Scattered showers and thunderstorms developing late morning into the afternoon. High near 85F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS- AM Thursday, May 26, 2016 WARM TEMPS AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS ALL THE WAY THRU THE WEEKEND. Some storms could be severe, especially tomorrow&#...
May 26, 2016
Suspects Charged in Lake View Arson and Burglary
Bail set at $150K for Lake View man charged with arson (CHICAGO) Bail was set at $150,000 Wednesday for a 24-year-old man charged with arson in Lake View on the North Side. Officers saw Colin Weis set...
May 26, 2016
May 25: A somber anniversary at O’Hare
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) On May 25, 1979, the nation's worst single aviation disaster happened at O’Hare. American Airlines flight 191 was heading from Chicago to Los Angeles...
May 25, 2016
Divvy expanding on South and West sides, even the suburbs
More than 1,000 new blue Divvy bikes are being assembled and stationed at the warehouse in Pilsen for introduction at new stations in the coming weeks. | photo from CDOT (CHICAGO) The blue Divvy...
May 24, 2016
Update: 2 shot, 1 dead in Park Forest FBI raid
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM News (PARK FOREST) 2 FBI agents were shot while attempting to serve a warrant in south suburban Park Forest on Tuesday morning. Nearly a dozen agents surrounded the home on R...
May 24, 2016
Could Durbin challenge Rauner in 2018?
Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2016, as the Senate worked on its $1.1 billion plan to combat the Zika virus, se...
May 24, 2016
Chicago violence up 50 percent from 2015
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A new Chicago Tribune analysis shows that shootings in Chicago in 2016 are up 50 percent from this point in 2015. The Tribune says so far this year, at least...
May 23, 2016
SCOTUS denies final Blago appeal
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Rod Blagojevich is officially out of appeals. An appeal that asked the high court to reject Blago's appeal of his corruption convictions was denied on Mond...
May 23, 2016
Oak Park to get 13 Divvy Bike-Sharing Stations
Compiled by Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 Traffic and Transportation (CHICAGO) The bike sharing system, Divvy, is making it’s way west of the city to Oak Park this summer. Formerly, the program servic...
May 23, 2016
Three killed, one injured in Kankakee crash
(KANKAKEE) Three people were killed and another person was injured in a single-vehicle crash Monday morning in downstate Kankakee. Kankakee County sheriff's police found the crash about 5 a.m. at Rout...
May 23, 2016
