Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Ruse burglaries targeting elderly Aurora residents
Surveillance footage of the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado the suspects were driving. | Aurora Police Department (AURORA) Aurora Police are warning elderly residents about two attempted ruse burglaries in t...
Sep 17, 2015
U.S. 30 detour in Plainfield for paving
(CHICAGO) Traffic will be detoured off U.S. 30 from Renwick Road to Illinois 59 in Plainfield as paving work will begin in the ongoing reconstruction and widening of U.S. 30. The detour will begin Sep...
Sep 17, 2015
No injuries reported in Near West Side building collapse
Firefighters responded to a building collapse late Wednesday in the 300 block of North Carpenter. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) No one was injured when a warehouse roof collapsed late Wednesda...
Sep 17, 2015
North Lake Shore Drive lane closures for Navy Pier project
(CHICAGO) Two lanes of North Lake Shore Drive will be closed from Illinois Street to Grand Avenue Wednesday night to allow for setting steel beams for the Navy Pier Flyover Project. The closures will ...
Sep 16, 2015
Uber launches new program for drivers who don’t have cars
By John Dempsey, 89 WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) If you want to be an Uber driver, but you don’t own a car, there is hope for you. Chris Taylor, the General Manager of the Uber ride-sharing service in ...
Sep 15, 2015
Pregnant woman among 7 injured when car crashes into bus shelter
(CHICAGO) Seven people - including a pregnant woman - were injured when a vehicle crashed into a bus shelter Monday afternoon in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood. About 1 p.m., a 58-year-old woman ...
Sep 15, 2015
‘Unruly passenger’ diverts Chicago-bound flight to Indianapolis
(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) An "unruly passenger" temporarily diverted a flight bound for Chicago in Indianapolis Monday evening. About 5:45 p.m., American Airlines flight 1284 - traveling to Chicago from Mi...
Sep 15, 2015
Plano man charged with fatal stabbing over cellphone
David R. Acevedo | Kendall County state attorney’s office (CHICAGO) A far west suburban man stabbed another man to death during a fight over a cellphone early Friday in Plano, according to prose...
Sep 15, 2015
Man charged with robbing Mount Prospect bank of $34K
Surveillance footage of a Mount Prospect bank robbery | FBI (MOUNT PROSPECT) A man made off with more than $34,000 but was arrested soon after robbing a bank in northwest suburban Mount Prospect last ...
Sep 15, 2015
WEATHER – Partly cloudy to mostly sunny. Breezy. High 82F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 SOUTH WINDS WARMING US UP THROUGH THURSDAY…….WARMEST DAY WILL BE THURSDAY THIS WEEK. Monday at O’Hare:...
Sep 15, 2015
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