Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Wisconsin man found guilty of threatening west suburban college
(WHEATON) A Wisconsin man was found guilty Thursday of posting threatening statements on Facebook against North Central College in west suburban Naperville in 2013. A jury found 23-year-old Aden Khan ...
Jan 29, 2016
FBI Chicago employee charged with sexual assault in NW Indiana
James Luttinen | Porter County sheriff’s office (CHICAGO) An employee at the FBI Chicago field office has been accused of sexual assault in northwest Indiana. James Luttinen, 33, faces a level 3...
Jan 29, 2016
Relative of Endia Martin’s alleged murderers invokes 5th Amendment
Vandetta Redwood | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A relative of the teenage girl accused of shooting Endia Martin invoked the Fifth Amendment when she took the stand at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thur...
Jan 29, 2016
WEATHER – Cloudy skies. A few flurries are possible/showers. Breezy. High 37F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, January 28th, 2016 TEMPS BY THE WEEKEND WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT 15 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE…WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LIGHT SNOW THURSDAY ...
Jan 28, 2016
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
