Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
UPDATE: Extra-alarm blaze in Lake View caused by a cigarette
(CHICAGO) An extra-alarm fire that displaced 30 people from their homes, left a firefighter injured and damaged 12 buildings Monday evening in the north Side Lake View neighborhood was caused by a cig...
May 18, 2016
No Bond For Mom Accused of Providing Knife in Deadly Fight
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The mother of a 13-year-old girl who is accused of stabbing to death a 15-year-old, has been ordered held without bond. In court Wednesday the judge who denied ...
May 18, 2016
Lawsuit: Chicago officer threatened 1-year-old would feel Taser
(CHICAGO) A man claims in a federal lawsuit a Chicago police officer threatened to use a Taser on him last year while he held his 1-year-old son in his arms - and warned him his son would feel the ele...
May 18, 2016
Cop in Fatal Shooting Resigns
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Rather than fight to keep his job, the off-duty officer who shot and killed Rekia Boyd in 2012, has resigned from the Chicago Police Department. The Chica...
May 17, 2016
White Ready to Roll-out Enhanced Driver’s Licenses
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Secretary of State says his office is now in a position to begin upgrading drivers licenses in accordance with a federal law. By the end of July, y...
May 17, 2016
Durbin Asks Airlines to Suspend Baggage Fees
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) While the TSA works to hire more people to help with the long screening lines that have hampered at O’Hare and Midway Airports, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (...
May 17, 2016
Outgoing State Rep: Springfield is “dysfunctional” and “broken”
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) An outspoken suburban Democratic state representative is talking to WLS about why he is not going to run for re-election. Marengo Democrat Jack Franks tells ...
May 17, 2016
Sinead O’Connor Found Safe, Few Details
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Sinead O’Connor has been found and is said to be safe after friends say she went missing Sunday morning outside of Chicago. Police in Wilmette had been lo...
May 16, 2016
Hundreds miss flights because of long security lines
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Major headaches for travelers at Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports over the weekend. Because of a shortage of TSA security screeners, it took ...
May 16, 2016
Third suspect in Tyshawn Lee’s murder arrested downstate
Kevin Edwards | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) The third man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was arrested in downstate Danville over the weekend. Kevin Edwards, 22, wa...
May 16, 2016
