Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
UPDATE: Fire officials: One found dead after house explosion, fire in Morgan Park
Crews work to put out the fire in Roseland.|Network Video Production (CHICAGO) A man was found dead after an explosion and fire at a Morgan Park neighborhood house early Monday on the Far South Side, ...
Sep 14, 2015
WEATHER – Warm Temps Through Midweek with Plenty of Sunshine.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Jeff Eno WLS-AM Forecast Monday, September 14th, 2015 WARM TEMPS THRU MIDWEEK ALONG WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE…CHANGES ON THE WAY TOWARDS FRIDAY Today | Sunny. High 7...
Sep 14, 2015
Trauma care protesters claim ‘small victory,’ say South Side needs more
(CHICAGO) Sheila Rush has been fighting for an adult trauma center on the South Side for five years. In August 2010, her 19-year-old son Damian Turner was shot in the back just blocks from the Univers...
Sep 12, 2015
PR executive gets 10 years for sexually assaulting woman he met online
Ignacio Carrillo | Cook County sheriff’s office (CHICAGO) She said she didn't want revenge. She said she couldn't erase the past. But the woman who was sexually assaulted in a Chicago hotel duri...
Sep 12, 2015
Week-long lane closures on 1-88 for Illinois 59 exit ramp interchange work
(Naperville) Exit ramps to Illinois 59 in Naperville on the Reagan Memorial Tollway will be closed from Friday night until Sept. 21 for preparation of the new diverging diamond interchange at this loc...
Sep 12, 2015
Update: Police search Columbus, Humboldt parks for remains of dismembered child
(Chicago) Chicago Police are expanding their search to try to find more remains of a child found dismembered in the Garfield Park lagoon last weekend. Investigators are searching lagoons at Humboldt P...
Sep 12, 2015
Update: Weekend I-290 closures for Halsted Street bridge project
(Chicago) Ongoing construction of the new Halsted Street bridge continues this weekend, with closures in both directions of the Eisehower Expressway. In order to place the bridge's new piers, inbound ...
Sep 11, 2015
Holy Cross Hospital to get Level 1 trauma center on South Side
(CHICAGO) After years of fighting for an adult trauma center, the South Side will finally get one at Holy Cross Hospital, the Sun-Times is reporting. Sinai Health System and the University of Chicago ...
Sep 11, 2015
UPDATE: Police say bodies found in garage where Riverdale man ran unlicensed mortuary
(CHICAGO) Four bodies and other human remains were found Wednesday in the garage of a south suburban home where the homeowner was conducting an illegal in-home mortuary business, according to police. ...
Sep 10, 2015
First human cases of West Nile reported in DuPage, Kane counties
(CAROL STREAM) The first human cases of West Nile virus in 2015 have been reported in west suburban DuPage and Kane counties. A Carol Stream woman in her 50s was diagnosed with the virus but was not h...
Sep 10, 2015
