Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police: Suspects called for taxi after abandoning stolen car
Amir J. Johnson | Riverside police (RIVERSIDE) Two suspects in a west suburban auto theft last week were arrested after they allegedly abandoned the stolen car during a police chase and later called f...
Mar 24, 2016
Alleged Hastert Victim Could Testify
Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) An alleged sex abuse victim could testify at former U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert’s sentencing in a hush-money case. That, according to a federal court transcr...
Mar 24, 2016
Mink Farm Vandal Sentenced
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to six months of home confinement for vandalizing a Grundy County fur farm and releasing more than 2,000 mink from their cages. U....
Mar 23, 2016
Lawyer: Jason Van Dyke should be excused from status hearings
(CHICAGO) The lawyer for Jason Van Dyke is asking that his client be excused from appearing at status hearings for his murder case due to the threats the Chicago Police officer receives when coming an...
Mar 23, 2016
Hastert Sentencing Delayed Again
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s sentencing has been delayed again. The judge overseeing Hastert’s hush-money case has granted prosecutors’ requ...
Mar 23, 2016
Two charged after CPD officer shoots man with bat on NW Side
Anthony Castaneda | Illinois Department of Corrections (CHICAGO) A man and a 17-year-old boy have been charged with assaulting an off-duty Chicago Police officer who shot and critically wounded the ol...
Mar 22, 2016
WEATHER – Cloudy skies. Windy this morning. High 62F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS Forecast Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST, WARM FRONT PUSES NORTH of US…GUSTY WINDS EARLY TUESDAY WITH SOME VERY WARM TEMPS THEN...
Mar 22, 2016
Two men detained in Fox Lake cop death investigation file suit
(CHICAGO) Two men who were scooped up in the initial investigation into the death of Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz have filed a federal suit against the village, its former police chief and other...
Mar 22, 2016
Man pistol-whipped, critically injured at Calumet Heights motel
(CHICAGO) A man was pistol-whipped by two people who also stole his car early Tuesday at a motel in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side. About 11:40 p.m., the man let two people into hi...
Mar 22, 2016
Rauner Wants More Budget Talks, Would Support Trump
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) Gov. Bruce Rauner is calling for more budget talks now that the primary elections are over, but he’s ignoring the results of those primaries. Now that Speaker...
Mar 21, 2016
