Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Overnight I-290 closures start Saturday in Elk Grove Village
(ELK GROVE VILLAGE) Overnight lane closures are planned on I-290 Saturday night as part of the ongoing Route 390 construction project. One lane on eastbound I-290 will close between Higgins and Route ...
Mar 12, 2016
Beefed Up Patrols for St. Pat’s Day
By Nick Gale, WLS News, (CHICAGO) State and local police are beefing up traffic enforcement starting today. Police will be conducting roadside safety checks and beefing up patrols through St. P...
Mar 12, 2016
Updated: Cancellation and Fights at Trump Rally
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, can hold some 10,000 people and several thousand were inside when an announcement came Friday evening that the event was bei...
Mar 12, 2016
WEATHER – Cooler this morning. High clouds with clear sky. This afternoon. Partly cloudy. High 54F.
Forecast Summary WLS-AM Forecast Meteorologist Ray Stagich Friday, March 11th, 2016 GULF OF MEXICO STORM SYSTEMS IMPACTING US INTO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK….A MILD, WET FORECAST TO TAKE U...
Mar 11, 2016
Renegade state legislator facing challenger with Obama support
(CHICAGO) On a crisp morning, a bundled-up Juliana Stratton went door to door in the South Shore neighborhood, making her pitch for why voters should pick her over incumbent Rep. Ken Dunkin in Illinoi...
Mar 11, 2016
Fire officials: 10 people injured in South Shore car crash
(CHICAGO) Ten people were injured in a five-vehicle crash Thursday night in the South Shore neighborhood. The crash occurred in the 7400 block of South Jeffery Avenue at 10:15 p.m., according to Chica...
Mar 11, 2016
UPDATE: Joliet police investigating double homicide
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY RESULTS (JOLIET) Joliet police have opened a homicide investigation after a man and woman were found beaten to death in the southwest suburb Wednesday afternoon. Michael Oram, 48,...
Mar 11, 2016
