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(CHICAGO) A man whose false report of a body in the Chicago River cost taxpayers nearly $30,000 will serve a six-month prison sentence, a federal judge said Wednesday, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporti...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Thursday, March 30, 2017 WLS-AM 890 A WET AND GUSTY STRETCH OF WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF FRIDAY….getting slightly better later today….. H...

(CHICAGO) An ex-Chicago building inspector caught on tape brazenly demanding and taking a $300 bribe walked away from his sentencing hearing Tuesday with two years of probation and six months of home ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois comptroller has appealed a Cook County judge’s ruling that state lawmakers must be paid on time despite their failure to pass a budget. Comptroller Susana M...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At Chicago City Hall, there appears to be compromise to avoid banning the noisiest street performers like the bucket boys from Michigan Ave. Downtown Alderman Br...

By Eleanor Mueller President Donald Trump “should stop saying things that aren’t true,” former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday. Speaking on CBS Miami’s “Facing South F...

Chicago FOP President Dean Angelo joins the show to talk about his trip to the White House and meeting with President Trump.

Catherine Rampell is the opinion writer for the Washington Post and joins the show to talk about her piece on President Trump and tax reforms. For the full article from the Washington Post, click here...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Charges have been filed in a couple of robberies: One in the city and the other in the suburbs. Feds say John Ballard, 30, faces one count of bank robbery...

By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) It may have taken the Chicago Cubs 108 years to win the title, but it only took Chicago residents Shan Riggs and Loli Arosemena less than seven hours moving time t...