Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
WEATHER – Mostly Cloudy. High 76F
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Wednesday, October 21, 2015 SOUTHWEST WINDS KEEP US WARM, a little damp at times AND BREEZY TONIGHT/TOMORROW AND THEN A RETURN TO MORE OCTOBER LIKE NUMBERS T...
Oct 21, 2015
Manufacturing Job Losses Concern for State
By Nick Gale, WLS News A new analysis shows that Illinois continued to shed jobs in September including nearly 2,000 in the manufacturing sector. Last month the state lost a total of 6,900 jobs, inclu...
Oct 21, 2015
Ramp from Lower Wacker to Lake Shore reopens early
(CHICAGO) A downtown ramp from Lower Wacker Drive to Lake Shore Drive reopened Tuesday morning, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. The ramp from eastbound Lower Wacker to southbound Lake Shore closed...
Oct 21, 2015
Sandi Jackson to report to prison this week, likely Tuesday
(CHICAGO) Former Ald. Sandi Jackson is starting her prison sentence this week - likely on Tuesday - with her time to be served at a minimum-security camp in Alderson, West Virginia. Her husband, forme...
Oct 20, 2015
Firefighters battle extra-alarm blaze on Northwest Side
(CHICAGO) Firefighters battled an extra-alarm blaze at a lumber yard Tuesday morning in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. As of about 4:30 a.m., firefighters were requesting a speci...
Oct 20, 2015
WEATHER – Windy at times with a mix of clouds and sun. Afternoon showers possible. High 74F
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Tueday, October 20th, 2015. WLS-AM WARM TEMPS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT WE WILL TAKE MORE OF A SEASONAL FEEL INTO THE LATTER PART OF THE WORK WEEK Game tim...
Oct 20, 2015
Man critically injured in Portage Park house fire
At least one person was trapped inside a burning building in the Portage Park neighborhood early Tuesday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was critically injured after being trapped in a bu...
Oct 20, 2015
Suit: Three abused at CPD’s Homan Square facility, then illegally jailed for more than a year
(CHICAGO) Three people claim in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that they were abused by Chicago Police officers at the department's Homan Square facility on the West Side, and then illegally jailed fo...
Oct 20, 2015
West Side investigation nets 15 heroin overdose arrests
(CHICAGO) Fifteen people were arrested in connection with a rash of fentanyl-laced heroin overdoses on the city's West Side, police announced Monday. The arrests came on the heels of a violence suppre...
Oct 20, 2015
Possible body parts found in West Garfield Park
(CHICAGO) Body parts that might be human were found in the West Garfield Park neighborhood late Monday afternoon. The "organic matter" was discovered at 5:11 p.m. by officers investigating in the 400 ...
Oct 20, 2015
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