Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Three men charged with armed robberies in Oak Lawn and Alsip
Malik Adams (left), Andres Mendoza and Jacob F. Andres | Oak Lawn Police Department (OAK LAWN) Three men were charged Sunday in connection with two robberies in southwest suburban Oak Lawn and south s...
Oct 05, 2015
Police: 1 dead, 11 injured in weekend shootings across Chicago
(CHICAGO) One man was killed and at least 11 others - including a 14-year-old girl - have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night. The man was shot to death Sunday night in the We...
Oct 05, 2015
Heroin overdoses remind ex-Supt. Cline of 2006 epidemic
Customers line up for heroin in the 3700 block of West Grenshaw. | Photo in federal complaint (CHICAGO) As investigators work to pinpoint the cause of a rash of heroin overdoses that sent at least 74 ...
Oct 05, 2015
WEATHER – Patchy Fog this morning turning Overcast. Slight chance of rain. High 64F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Monday, October 5th, 2015 Milder weather coming back in this week. We reach the 70s as soon as tomorrow, but more likely Wednesday. High yest...
Oct 05, 2015
Governor Rauner Apologizes
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (URBANA) In Urbana, late Friday afternoon, Governor Bruce Rauner apologized for the state’s financial difficulties. Rauner was speaking at the dedication of the new Che...
Oct 03, 2015
Alternatives to Slash a Property Tax Hike
By Bill Cameron, WLS News Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed a property tax hike of over half of a billion dollars, but one of the independent Aldermen, Scott Waguespack, says the alternatives hi...
Oct 03, 2015
A License Proposal for Ride Share Drivers
Photo Credit: Uber By Bill Cameron, WLS AM News At Chicago's City Hall…there’s a new proposal to make ride share drivers get chauffeur licenses just like cabbies have to do. Cabbies turned...
Oct 02, 2015
Naperville man sentenced to 5 years for stealing $450K from Islamic school
Inam Rahim | DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office (CHICAGO) A Naperville man was sentenced on Thursday to five years for stealing $450,000 from a west suburban mosque and school where h...
Oct 02, 2015
Emanuel: An Unyielding Mayor
By Bill Cameron, WLS News In an interview with Bill Cameron…Mayor Emanuel is unyielding about the major objection aldermen are raising against his city budget proposal. In city budget hearings t...
Oct 02, 2015
Soaring September Auto Sales
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The late Labor Day and year-end sales have helped the automakers post positive September year-over-year sales numbers. Fiat Chrysler, which is currently facin...
Oct 02, 2015
