Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Freezing rain, snow to hit Chicago area by Tuesday morning
(CHICAGO) Freezing rain will spread across the Chicago area Monday night and turn into snow by Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Beginning about 9 p.m., a winter storm warnin...
Mar 01, 2016
UPDATE: $100K bond for man charged with impersonating police officer
( Charles Wade | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Charles Wade, 26, was charged with false impersonation of a police officer and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with body armor, both felonies, according t...
Mar 01, 2016
CPD: 74 arrested for drug, gang activity
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police have arrested 74 people for drug and gang activity and seized guns, vehicles, cigarettes and cash. Police, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives a...
Mar 01, 2016
CPS to Layoff 62 Employees, 17 Teachers
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) In the Chicago school financial crisis, CPS has announced another round of layoffs. This time it’s another $85 millions worth of cuts with 62 employees gettin...
Feb 29, 2016
Emanuel: Trump Playing With Dark Forces
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAHO) In the race for president, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Donald Trump is playing with “Dark Forces.” This after Trump insists that he has disavowed white supr...
Feb 29, 2016
Zika Confirmed in Chicago
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Hospital officials today have confirmed the first case of Zika Virus in Chicago. Officials at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital a woman in her 30’s had recently tra...
Feb 29, 2016
Illinois State Police seize 7 guns in 1 week on Chicago expressways
Guns seized by Illinois State Police in first week of Chicago Expressway Anti-Violence Surge | Illinois State Police (CHICAGO) Illinois State Police seized seven guns in the first week of their new Ch...
Feb 28, 2016
Warm Chicago weather breaks 121-year-old record
(CHICAGO) Unusually warm Chicago temperatures broke a 121-year-old record Sunday. Shortly after 1 p.m., the temperature at O'Hare Airport hit 62 degrees, topping the previous record of 61 degrees set ...
Feb 28, 2016
What’s Going on at White Sox Spring Training
By Connor McKnight, WLS-AM 890 Sports (GLENDALE, Ariz.) Out on the backfields at Camelback Ranch, White Sox starters Chris Sale and Mat Latos took the hill and threw to living, breathing, hones...
Feb 27, 2016
Licensing Professionals Goes Paperless
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois is making it easier for certain professionals to renew their state license. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is going paperless ...
Feb 27, 2016
