Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Appellate Court upholds Drew Peterson conviction
By John Dempsey, WLS nEWS (CHICAGO) The Illinois Appellate Court has dealt a blow to former Bolingbrook Police Sergeant Drew Peterson. The Third District Appellate Court has rejected Peterson’s ...
Nov 13, 2015
Two escape before car hit by freight train in Alsip
(ALSIP) Two people escaped unharmed from a car that flipped onto a crossing and was hit by a train early Wednesday in south suburban Alsip. At 2:49 a.m., a Chevy Monte Carlo was eastbound on 123rd Str...
Nov 12, 2015
Suit: Sauk Village FOIA violations ‘not by accident’
(SAUK VILLAGE) Two women are suing the town of Sauk Village, alleging the south suburb's violation of the Freedom of Information Act "is not by accident." Aisha Michel and Shirley Moore, both of Sauk ...
Nov 12, 2015
WEATHER – Chance of a morning shower. Cloudy and very windy.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Geoff Maurer WLS-AM Forecast Thursday, November 12th, 2015 WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6:00 PM- WESTERLY GUSTS NEAR 40-50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. Today | Chance ...
Nov 12, 2015
UPDATED: Chicago Skyway shut down because of high winds
The Chicago Skyway was closed between 91st and 106th because of high winds early Thursday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) The Chicago Skyway was shut down in both directions early Thursd...
Nov 12, 2015
Proposal Would Give Veterans Day Off
By Nick Gale, 89 WLS AM News Legislation being pushed in the State Senate aims to make sure Veterans get Veteran's Day off from work. State Sen. John Mulroe (D-Chicago) sponsored the bill. He says he ...
Nov 11, 2015
Obama Library Site Still Up In Air
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) A decision on where to build the Obama Library is going to take more time. There was an expectation that a decision between Washington Park and Jackson Park would c...
Nov 11, 2015
Storms bring strong winds into Chicago tonight
(CHICAGO) Howling winds and thunderstorms, some possibly severe, are expected to hit the Chicago area Wednesday night into Thursday. The showers and storms will arrive after the evening rush about 7 p...
Nov 11, 2015
Agenda Pushed at Veteran’s Day Event
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) Politicians gathered at Soldier Field to mark Veteran's Day, as they do every year. They formed a rank on the dais, the senators, the governor, the mayor and U.S. R...
Nov 11, 2015
Jason Knowles Explains The People’s Gas Scandal
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says that Peoples Gas should be probed to see if it helped grease its $5.7 billion merger by deliberately hiding from state regulators details of a wildly over b...
Nov 10, 2015
