Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

WEATHER – Cloudy with snow showers. High 33F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Geoff Maurer WLS-AM Morning Forecast Monday, February 8th, 2016 Colder air will settle in this week with periods of snow from today through Tuesday. The heavier accumula...
Cumulus Media Feb 08, 2016

Bullet found at Huntley High School
(HUNTLEY) A live round of ammunition was found Sunday morning at Huntley High School while the school was being used for church services in the northwestern suburb. Officers were called to the high sc...
Cumulus Media Feb 08, 2016

Man fatally hit by frieght train near Metra tracks in Northbrook
(NORTHBROOK) A man was struck and killed by a freight train Saturday at an intersection of Metra and freight train tracks in north suburban Northbrook, authorities said. Michael Waldron, 28, of the 0-...
Cumulus Media Feb 08, 2016

WEATHER: Snow, light accumulation, tonight through Tuesday
By Geoff Maurer, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) After a high in the 40s today, colder with periods of snow from late tonight into Tuesday with light accumulation possible. Today | Mostly clou...
Cumulus Media Feb 07, 2016

Gage Park autopsies: Woman shot; other five beaten, stabbed
(CHICAGO) Six white wooden crosses in the front yard of a Southwest Side home mark the gruesome scene where six family members were murdered - including a mother of two boys who was shot to death and ...
Cumulus Media Feb 06, 2016

UPDATE: Gage Park autopsies: Woman shot; other five beaten, stabbed
(CHICAGO) Six white wooden crosses in the front yard of a Southwest Side home mark the gruesome scene where six family members were murdered - including a mother of two boys who was shot to death and ...
Cumulus Media Feb 06, 2016

Tolls Could Be Coming to Stevenson
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to increase lanes on the Stevenson Expressway, and the portion to be improved could end up as a toll road. Rauner is pushing a plan that would ...
Cumulus Media Feb 04, 2016

Doctors Still Slow to Approve Medical Marijuana
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Illinois continues to approve patients to use medical marijuana as industry insiders keep a close eye on the program. Some 400 more approval letters were sent out by t...
Cumulus Media Feb 04, 2016

WEATHER – Morning clouds will give way to afternoon sunshine, a little colder. High around 30F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Thursday, February 4th, 2016 Dry into the weekend before snow showers develop from Monday into Tuesday with colder air settling in. SUNRISE A...
Cumulus Media Feb 04, 2016

NU gets $311,778 to study red-light camera program
(CHICAGO) Northwestern University will be paid $311,778 to study red-light camera enforcement and chart a path forward for a despised program built on a $2 million bribery scandal that paid a convicte...
Cumulus Media Feb 04, 2016







