Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago sued over fatal police shooting
(CHICAGO) The family of a man with a mental illness fatally shot last year by Chicago police has sued the city over his death, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The mother of James Anderson, 33, who...
Jan 27, 2016
Crime Down on CTA
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) The CTA says crime was down 25-percent across the transit system in 2015. CTA president Dorval Carter says there were 3,512 reported incidents on buses, trains, rail s...
Jan 27, 2016
Gliniewicz Widow Indicted
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (FOX LAKE, IL) The widow of the Fox Lake police Lt. who committed suicide but told dispatch he had been shot while chasing three suspects, has been indicted. Melodie Gl...
Jan 27, 2016
Rauner: Must Work Together This Year
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (SPRINGFIELD, IL) Gov. Bruce Rauner has delivered his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly in Springfield, but something was missing. ...
Jan 27, 2016
State of State Address Today
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD) Gov. Bruce Rauner gives the annual State of the State address today. It comes at a time when Illinois is operating without a budget and a ton of debt. So wh...
Jan 27, 2016
WEATHER – Few morning flurries….Breezy to windy in places at times. Sun and clouds mixed. High 32F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 A fairly quiet weather pattern. A little windy at times and seasonably chilly the rest of the week….Slowl...
Jan 27, 2016
CTA: Crime down 25% across transit system in 2015
(CHICAGO) Overall crime across the CTA dropped by 25 percent in 2015, officials said. In 2014, the CTA reported 4,691 criminal incidents on buses, trains, rail stations, parking garages and rail platf...
Jan 27, 2016
Teen describes shooting that killed Endia Martin
Donnell Flora | Chicago Police Lanekia Reynolds used to be good friends with the girl who shot her. (CHICAGO) They had been tight since grammar school. But in 2013, the two fought over a boy and the g...
Jan 27, 2016
TRAFFIC: Harlem Avenue, 151st Street Intersection Improvement
News Release from the Illinois Department of Transportation – Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that temporary lane reductions will...
Jan 26, 2016
UPDATE: Cargo plane slides off runway at Chicago Executive Airport
A cargo plane slid off the runway early Tuesday at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling. | Chicago Executive Airport UPDATES WITH DETAILS (WHEELING) A cargo plane from Detroit slid off a runway Tuesd...
Jan 26, 2016
