Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
NIU sophomore, ‘great student,’ shot to death on the South Side
Police found a man shot to death in a car in the 9200 block of Emerald late Friday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A 19-year-old Northern Illinois University student was shot to death Friday ni...
Dec 14, 2015
College of DuPage board chair quits abruptly
(CHICAGO) The chairman of the College of DuPage board of trustees, who has led reform efforts at the school, abruptly resigned Sunday in a letter to faculty and students, citing only "personal reasons...
Dec 14, 2015
Parent robbed at gunpoint near NW Side Catholic school
Johnny Wilson | Mug shot (CHICAGO) A Catholic school in the Lincoln Square neighborhood was placed on lockdown Friday after a school parent was robbed at gunpoint nearby. Johnny Wilson, 32, of west su...
Dec 14, 2015
WEATHER – Partly cloudy. Breezy. High 52F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Weather Friday, December 11, 2015 Spring-like warmth continues into the weekend. Rain and windy by Sunday. SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 11 2015 –...
Dec 11, 2015
Overnight ramp closures scheduled for Stevenson, LSD interchange
(CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Transportation is warning drivers of overnight ramp closures starting tonight on the interchange between the Stevenson Expressway and Lake Shore Drive. Weather per...
Dec 11, 2015
Prosecutors: Doctor and patient schemed to sell Oxycodone, Adderall
(CHICAGO) A west suburban doctor fraudulently issued a patient more than 500 prescriptions for Oxycodone and Adderall pills, and the patient in turn schemed to distribute the drugs for about three yea...
Dec 11, 2015
Woman charged in Winnetka bank robbery
Surveillance footage from a Winnetka bank robbery. | FBI (WINNETKA) A woman has been charged with robbing a bank last month in north suburban Winnetka and is also thought to have robbed another bank i...
Dec 11, 2015
Wi-Fi now available at all downtown Metra stations
9CHICAGO) Metra riders can now access free Wi-Fi hotspots at all five downtown stations, the transit agency announced Thursday. Commuting web-surfers can connect password-free to "Metra Wi-Fi" at: - U...
Dec 11, 2015
Police Board launches search for new Chicago Police superintendent
(CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamped Police Board on Thursday launched a nationwide search for a new police superintendent amid concern that the furor over the Laquan McDonald shooting video and a ...
Dec 11, 2015
Help from Fardon’s office could be key in federal probe of CPD
(CHICAGO) When Chicago's top fed appeared beside U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch for a nationally televised, 30-minute press conference on Monday, he spent less than three minutes answering questi...
Dec 11, 2015
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