Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Three winning Powerball tickets sold
(CHICAGO) Three winning tickets were sold in Wednesday’s record $1.6 billion powerball jackpot, one in California, one in Tennessee, and one in Florida. In Illinois, two tickets were sold that m...
Jan 14, 2016
Advice for Powerball Winners
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Millions of Americans will be anxiously awaiting the results of tonight’s Powerball drawing, with the jackpot at a recor...
Jan 13, 2016
Plainfield man arrested after cops raid suspected meth lab
Frank P. Burrus | Plainfield police (PLAINFIELD) A southwest suburban Plainfield man was arrested after authorities searched his home looking for a meth lab. Officers from the Plainfield Police Depart...
Jan 13, 2016
Crews battling extra-alarm blaze on Northwest Side
Crews were at the scene of an extra-alarm blaze Wednesday morning in Portage Park. | Fire Media Affairs (CHICAGO) The two-alarm fire broke out in the three-story building at 3234 N. Central Ave...
Jan 13, 2016
Another Weekend of Closures for Byrne Flyover
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 News and Traffic (CHICAGO) Just because it is winter in Chicago, that doesn’t mean that Kennedy, Eisenhower and Dan Ryan commuters are getting a break from constructio...
Jan 13, 2016
Police search for man who robbed 2 North Side convenience stores
Surveillance photos of the man suspected of robbing a convenience store Jan. 9 in the 1400 block of West Irving Park. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Police are searching for a man who robbed two convenien...
Jan 13, 2016
Bicyclist severely injured in Glendale Heights crash
(GLENDALE HEIGHTS) A bicyclist suffered severe injuries in a crash with a van Tuesday afternoon in west suburban Glendale Heights. The 29-year-old Glen Ellyn man was biking east on the shoulder of the...
Jan 13, 2016
7-year-old girl hit by bus in Woodstock
(WOODSTOCK) A 7-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon when she was struck by a Pace bus in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in northwest suburban Woodstock. The girl, a ped...
Jan 13, 2016
90-year-old woman found dead outside in Roseland
(CHICAGO) A 90-year-old woman was found dead in a driveway in the Roseland neighborhood Monday morning. Nellie Gordon was found about 8:40 a.m., lying in a driveway in the 9100 block of South Michigan...
Jan 12, 2016
Judge Denies CPD Request to Toss Cell Data Suit
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) A Cook County judge has denied the Chicago Police Department's request to toss out a lawsuit seeking records showing how police have used cell phone tracking systems. ...
Jan 11, 2016
