Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Pump House sues former executive chef for taking away employees
(CHICAGO) One of Chicago's most storied restaurants is suing its former executive chef, claiming he poached numerous employees to work with him at a new enterprise that caters to celebrities and film ...
May 08, 2015
Lane closures start Friday for new Union Station Transit Center
(CHICAGO) Lane closures start Friday on Canal Street and Jackson Boulevard downtown as work begins on Union Station's new CTA bus facility. When it opens in spring 2016, the Union Station Transit Cent...
May 06, 2015
Governor Bruce Rauner pitches his turnaround agenda to Chicago City Council
(Chicago) Gov. Bruce Rauner told the City Council on Wednesday he is "eager to be your partner in a turnaround that benefits Chicago and the state," but only if Mayor Rahm Emanuel and aldermen "accept...
May 06, 2015
Suit: Northbrook company tossed sensitive medical records in dumpster
(Northbrook) A document storage company tossed sensitive medical records into an unlocked Dumpster outside its north suburban office, putting thousands of people's identities at risk, according to a l...
May 06, 2015
Construction could reduce roads to one lane in southwest suburbs
(LEMONT) A drainage and resurfacing project has caused lane reductions in the southwest suburbs slated to last until mid-July. The work will occur along Cal-Sag Road/Route 83, according to a statement...
May 06, 2015
Woman sexually assaulted in Lincoln Park
(CHICAGO) A woman was sexually assaulted early Monday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side. The assault occurred about 1 a.m. in an apartment in the 500 block of West Arlington Place, ac...
May 06, 2015
Roadwork to reduce North Aurora Road to one lane in Naperville
(NAPERVILLE) Roadwork in west suburban Naperville will require a major traffic pattern shift on North Aurora Road starting Thursday and lasting through September. A new traffic pattern will be install...
May 06, 2015
Chicago cop sues sergeant who accused him of sexual assault
(CHICAGO) A Chicago Police officer who was charged with sexually assaulting a fellow officer in 2013, only to see the charges dropped, is suing his accuser and several other police department colleagu...
May 06, 2015
WEATHER – Patchy dense fog this moring with a chance of a shower. High 76°.
Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 Warm air overrunning the colder ground will keep the fog forming in places this morning. Warm weather the rest of the week, then a cool down for ...
May 06, 2015
Jury sequestered after failing to reach verdict in double-murder trial
(CHICAGO) After failing to reach a verdict following six and a half hours of deliberations Tuesday night, Cook County jurors were sequestered by the judge in the Timothy Herring double-murder trial an...
May 06, 2015
