Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Second City cancels more shows after fire.
By John Dempsey, WLS News (CHICAGO) The Second City theater company is canceling all performances this week after last week’s fire destroyed it’s offices. The famed Old Town based improv c...
Aug 31, 2015
Reporter refuses to shave till state passes a budget.
Courtesy Photo: Chris Kaergard, Peoria Journal-Star By John Dempsey, WLS News (PEORIA) As the State of Illinois budget standoff goes into it’s fourth month, Peoria Journal Star Newspaper reporte...
Aug 31, 2015
WEATHER – Dense fog early. Skies turn mostly sunny. High mid 80s
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Jeff Eno WLS-AM Forecast Monday, August 31st, 2015 SEEING SOME DENSE FOG ADVISORIES…HOT TEMPS THRU THE WEEK Photo Credit: J. DeSalvo Today | Dense fog to start. Sk...
Aug 31, 2015
Oak Brook couple sent threatening letter to judges
Sanford Kramer (left), Cynthia Kramer | DuPage County state’s attorney (OAK BROOK) A west suburban couple have been charged with illegally contacting two DuPage County judges, including by sendi...
Aug 31, 2015
Authorities ID one of two men found dead in ‘suspicious’ SW Side fire
(CHICAGO) At least one of the two men found dead in a swift-moving fire Saturday morning in Garfield Ridge lived in the Southwest Side home where arson blaze was set, authorities said. The Cook County...
Aug 31, 2015
Firefighters battle extra-alarm blaze at Lincoln Square Lanes
Firefighters battle an extra-alarm blaze at Lincoln Square Lanes early Monday on the North Side. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times UPDATED AT 5:25am (CHICAGO) A family-owned, nearly 100-year-old bowling alley ...
Aug 31, 2015
Motorcyclist killed in Eisenhower ramp crash
A motorcycle rider was killed after a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway early Monday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway early Mon...
Aug 31, 2015
Prosecutors: Oak Brook couple sent threatening letter to judges
(OAK BROOK) A west suburban couple have been charged with illegally contacting two DuPage County judges, including by sending a threatening letter earlier this month. Sanford Kramer, 65, sent two lett...
Aug 30, 2015
High levels of fecal matter in Chicago River
By John Dempsey, WLS News (Chicago) You might want to think twice before taking your next kayak trip down the Chicago River. The Chicago Tribune says new testing from the Metropolitan Water Reclamatio...
Aug 29, 2015
$10 million bond for Crest Hill man accused of strangling girlfriend
Cesar Garcia | Will County sheriff’s office (CREST HILL) A southwest suburban man was ordered held on a $10 million Thursday on charges that he strangled his girlfriend in Crest Hill Tuesday. Ce...
Aug 28, 2015
