Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Police: Altercation leads to fatal shooting in Lake View
(Chicago) A 25-year-old man was shot and killed early Saturday during an altercation with another man in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side. The shooting happened about 2 a.m. in the 900 blo...
May 30, 2015
Strong cold front to produce windy and wet conditions today
From Weather Channel Meteorologist Geoff Maurer Posted at 4:17am A strong cold front will produce windy and wet conditions today…. **Lakeshore Flood Advisory from 1:00 pm today to 4:00 a....
May 30, 2015
Durbin “Stunned” on Hastert Indictment
By Nick Gale, WLS News (Chicago) U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says he was stunned when he heard that Hastert had been indicted. Listen to Nick Gale’s story: https://www.wlsam.com/wp-content/up...
May 29, 2015
WATCH: Surveillance video released of suspect in grocery store slaying
Authorities on Friday released these images of a suspect in a fatal shooting on Dec. 23, 2014, at Eberhart Food Store at 457 E. 79th St. | Chicago Police (Chicago) Chicago Police are asking for the pu...
May 29, 2015
World’s most prolific online drug dealer, ‘SuperTrips,’ gets 10 years
(CHICAGO) A federal judge in Chicago sentenced the world's most prolific online drug dealer to 10 years in prison Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Cornelis Jan "SuperTrips" Slomp, 23, was...
May 29, 2015
UPDATE: Post: Dog stolen from West Loop apartment returned to PAWS Chicago
(CHICAGO) A dog that was stolen from a West Loop apartment ten days ago was returned to a shelter on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by its owner. A photo of Barnaby was posted to a Facebook p...
May 28, 2015
Man gets 45 years for deadly road rage incident
(CHICAGO) Angelo Bennett said all he's ever wanted to do since he was charged with murdering a gentlemen's club manager was apologize to the slain man's family. He got his chance on Wednesday, the Chi...
May 28, 2015
Feds: Pair stole $185,000 by changing settings on ATMs
(CHICAGO) Two men are facing federal fraud charges after they stole $185,000 by tampering with ATMs in Chicago, authorities said Wednesday. Trent Ratliff, 52, and Fredrick Lee, 60, were indicted April...
May 28, 2015
WEATHER – Mainly Sunshine. High 82F.
Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, May 28th, 2015 Ray’s Note: Somewhat of an active weather pattern returning to chicagoland later in the week and into the start of the weekend. A big co...
May 28, 2015
Police investigating school burglaries in Uptown, North Center
(CHICAGO) Police are investigating two burglaries that happened after-hours at North Side schools in the past two months. Both schools had electronics stolen and property damaged, Area North detective...
May 28, 2015
