Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Suit Against Duckworth Can Move Forward
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A tentative trial date has been set in a lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). A judge in Downstate Union County has decided to let the workplace re...
May 12, 2016
Zopp Tapped as Deputy Mayor
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed former Chicago Uban League president & unsuccessful Senate candidate Andrea Zopp to be a second deputy mayor for neighbo...
May 12, 2016
Friends of the Parks fights Rahm motion to dismiss Lucas museum lawsuit.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The good government group trying to keep the George Lucas museum from being located on Chicago’s lakefront, is responding to Mayor Emanuel’s late...
May 12, 2016
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
