Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Bond Denied for Father of Murdered Boy
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Bail has been denied for the father of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who was shot and killed last fall. 25-year-old Pierre Stokes is accused of shooting two men...
Mar 15, 2016
WEATHER – Cloudy this morning. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High 58F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HEADING TO CHICAGO TODAY AND TONIGHT. SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2016 – SUNRISE 703 ...
Mar 15, 2016
Suspect dead, 3 CPD officers wounded in West Side shootout
(CHICAGO) Three Chicago Police officers were shot during a drug investigation Monday night in the 3700 block of West Polk in the Homan Square neighborhood, authorities said.' Police spokesman Anthony ...
Mar 15, 2016
Police: Cash, whiskey stolen in Woodstock bar burglary
Surveillance image of a suspect in a burglary at Liquid Blues Bar in Woodstock. | Woodstock police (WOODSTOCK) Police in northwest suburban Woodstock are looking for two men who broke into a bar early...
Mar 15, 2016
Arbitrator Sides With FOP on Tattoos
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) An arbitrator has ruled that a policy within the Chicago Police Department that has officers cover up their tattoos violates the police contract. Five months after a f...
Mar 14, 2016
UPDATE: 120 Midway flights canceled, including all Southwest planes
(CHICAGO) More than 120 flights were canceled at Midway Airport due to rain and low visibility Sunday, including all Southwest Airlines flights until Monday morning. The city's Department of Aviation ...
Mar 14, 2016
Metra to close 95th and 99th station ticket offices
(CHICAGO) Metra has announced that the Rock Island Beverly Branch Line's 95th and 99th Street station ticket offices will close Monday due to declining on-site ticket sales. The 95th and 99th Street t...
Mar 14, 2016
UPDATE: 20 injured when Amtrak train headed to Chicago derails
(DODGE CITY, Kansas) Twenty people were injured early Monday when an Amtrak train en route to Chicago derailed in Kansas. Amtrak Southwest Chief Train 4, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago on BNSF ...
Mar 14, 2016
Trump blames Sanders supporters for Chicago unrest
By Jeremy Diamond and Eugene Scot, CNN Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the protests that led him to cancel a scheduled rally the previous night in Chicago, calling them “a planned attack̶...
Mar 13, 2016
WEATHER: Wet and windy end to the weekend
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Expect a wet and windy end of the weekend. A series of waves will bring rain chances from tonight through Tuesday. Tonight | Cloudy skies with a ...
Mar 13, 2016
