Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago gets new FBI chief
(CHICAGO) Chicago's new FBI chief is a 20-year veteran who most recently headed up the New Orleans office, where he oversaw investigations into former Mayor Ray Nagin and the Deepwater Horizon environ...
Sep 22, 2015
WEATHER – A good deal of sunshine. High 79F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ken Boone WLS Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 Gradually warming up the rest of the week. Looks like a fairly quiet weather pattern as well for the first few days of fall&#...
Sep 22, 2015
Harvey school supt. accuses board member of threatening ‘ass-kicking’
(HARVEY) A school superintendent in south suburban Harvey filed a lawsuit alleging that her efforts to put the district's spending under a microscope sparked retaliation by board members - including o...
Sep 22, 2015
Emanuel’s Bad News Budget
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) The property tax hike Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will propose to the City Council tomorrow is worse than first thought. Mayor Emanuel reportedly says the property t...
Sep 21, 2015
No bond for man charged with 1985 murder, sexual assault in Glen Ellyn
Michael Jones | DuPage County sheriff’s office UPDATES WITH COURT INFO, NEW DETAILS (WHEATON) A downstate man has been charged with the murder and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in west su...
Sep 21, 2015
A long shot rebate
Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) Tomorrow is the day Mayor Emanuel rolls out his bad news budget to the City Council. Today, several of the aldermen have an idea to soften the blow to the big property...
Sep 21, 2015
Report: DNA not a match in Kane rape case
By John Dempsey, WLS News (BUFFALO, NY) A new report says DNA evidence does not confirm that Blackhawks star Patrick Kane raped a woman last month. The Buffalo News Newspaper is quoting four sources f...
Sep 21, 2015
Carol Stream man fatally struck by Metra train in Wheaton
(CHICAGO) A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a Metra train in west suburban Wheaton Friday night committed suicide, according to the coroner. The 46-year-old Carol Stream man was fatally struck...
Sep 21, 2015
Man out on bond for ‘upskirting’ charged with groping Columbia student
Steven M. Carmona | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A Far South Side man out on bond in a case of "upskirting" is now also accused of following a Columbia College student from an Orange Line CTA train and in...
Sep 18, 2015
Woman’s body found along I-88 in Aurora identified
Sandra Jefferson | National Missing Persons Data System UPDATES WITH NEW DETAILS THROUGHOUT (AURORA) A woman's body found along a fence line on the north side of I-88 Thursday in Aurora has been ident...
Sep 18, 2015
