Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
UPDATE: Loop streets reopened, CTA trains running after Friday’s high winds
(CHICAGO) Loop streets have reopened and the CTA is running trains on its Pink and Green lines Saturday afternoon after Friday's damaging winds blew gusts of more than 60 mph throughout the city. At i...
Feb 20, 2016
COD Gets New Trustee; Will Release Records
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (GLEN ELLYN) The College of DuPage has a new trustee. David Olsen of Downers Grove was sworn in Thursday night. He replaces Kathy Hamilton who abruptly resigned in Decemb...
Feb 19, 2016
State Board of Ed launches financial probe of CPS
(CHICAGO) A day after Gov. Bruce Rauner accused a broke Chicago Public Schools of getting special treatment from the state, his handpicked state education team launched a financial investigation of Il...
Feb 19, 2016
WEATHER – Partly cloudy, windy & warmer. High near 60F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Geoff Maurer Morning Forecast Friday, February 19th, 2016 Strong SW winds will bring in milder air today. Temperatures will stay mild into Saturday before cooler air mov...
Feb 19, 2016
Authorities investigating threatening message at Elmwood Park High School
(ELMWOOD PARK) Police will have bomb-sniffing dogs and bomb technicians at Elmwood Park High School Thursday morning after students found a threatening message scribbled on a bathroom wall Wednesday, ...
Feb 19, 2016
Bail Set for Serial Stowaway
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Bail has been set at $150,000 for a woman dubbed the ‘serial stowaway.’ A Cook County judge has ordered 64 year old Marilyn Hartman held on $1...
Feb 19, 2016
Rauner on the Attack
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) In the Springfield budget standoff, Governor Rauner is on the attack, again. This time, against Senate president John Cullerton on the subject of school aid....
Feb 18, 2016
Trash Fire At Trump Tower
Chicago firefighters responded to Trump Tower Thursday morning to a report of a fire on the 50th floor. /Photo Credit: Nick gale, WLS-AM News By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News Chicago firefighte...
Feb 18, 2016
UPDATE: No charges after woman fatally hit by car in Morton Grove
Investigators at the scene where a 26-year-old woman was fatally struck by a car Tuesday morning in Morton Grove. | Network Video Productions UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY, NO CHARGES FILED (MORTON GROVE) A wo...
Feb 17, 2016
Two 18-year-olds killed in crash on I-90 near Marengo
(MARENGO) A man and woman were killed and two other people were injured in a crash Tuesday evening on I-90 near northwest suburban Marengo. The crash happened about 5:30 p.m. on I-90 near mile marker ...
Feb 17, 2016
