Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Three charged with delivering drugs to NIU student killed in dorm fall
(from left) Thomas P. Quirke, Michael R. Kielhack and Michael Z. Montgomery | DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office (DEKALB) Three suburban men were charged Monday with providing the drugs that police ...
Nov 10, 2015
CTU practice strike vote: 97 percent say walk out
(CHICAGO) If a strike vote was held tomorrow, the Chicago Teachers Union would overwhelmingly walk off the job, the union reported Monday in preliminary results of a practice strike vote taken late la...
Nov 10, 2015
Former CPD officer asks court to overturn pension termination
(CHICAGO) A former Chicago police officer filed a petition in the Cook County Circuit Court on Monday requesting that the Chicago Police Retirement Board reverse their decision to terminate his disabi...
Nov 10, 2015
Testimony concludes in trial of man accused of 2007 murder
Reginald Potts | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Testimony finished Monday in the murder trial of real estate investor Reginald Potts, who is accused of strangling ex-girlfriend Nailah Franklin in 2007 after...
Nov 10, 2015
Testimony that led to mistrial in El Rukn case a $68,000 error
(CHICAGO) Testimony by a former Chicago police detective that triggered a mistrial in the ongoing saga of a wrongfully convicted former death row inmate has turned out to be a $68,000 mistake. U.S. Di...
Nov 10, 2015
High pressure keeps us dry into Tuesday
By Geoff Maurer, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) High pressure keeps us dry into Tuesday before a wet & windy Veteran’s Day on Wednesday. Today | Sunny. High 53F. Winds SSW at...
Nov 08, 2015
Dem Lawmaker Pushing Term Limits
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) An Illinois State Senator is pushing for term limits for the four legislative leaders. State Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Plainfield) is pushing a constitutional a...
Nov 07, 2015
Suit: Mother claims CPS teacher hit boy, 9, because he was black
(CHICAGO) A woman alleges in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that a white Chicago Public Schools teacher hit her 9-year-old son because he is black. Nairobi Henson claims that a teacher at Horace Man...
Nov 07, 2015
Left lanes of Bishop Ford Freeway to be closed for weekend in south suburbs
(CHICAGO) The left lane of the Bishop Ford Freeway will be closed in both directions this weekend for storm sewer repairs in the south suburbs. The left lane of I-94 will be closed in both directions ...
Nov 07, 2015
IL Senators React To Keystone Decision
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) President Obama Friday rejected the Keystone XL pipeline project saying it wouldn’t lead to vast job creation as many Republicans had hoped and could have neg...
Nov 06, 2015
