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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is announcing its first Athletic Hall of Fame class that includes legendary football coach and Chicago Bears’ owner George Halas, baseball Hall ...

WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) - When a largely white public school nestled in Chicago’s wealthiest suburbs planned a daylong civil rights seminar, it drew award-winning authors and crafted a college-calib...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs are raising ticket prices to get into Wrigley Field and now the city is raising the price to park nearby. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that City Hall is getting ready ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Cameras will be in the courtroom for the retrial of a former Illinois prosecutor charged with first-degree murder in the death of his first wife. The retrial of former Adams County Assi...

CHICAGO (AP) - The American Academy of Pediatrics is beefing up warnings about marijuana’s potential harms for teens. In today’s issue of the journal Pediatrics, the influential doctors gr...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Monday, February 27, 2017 SHOWER CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH A MARGINAL CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS ON TUESDAY. Cooler briefly…the...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Former Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd has pleaded not guilty to five counts of perjury. Rudd entered the pleas Friday in Lake County Circuit Court. The 70-year-old is accused of...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A draft Republican bill overhauling the nation’s health care law would provide tax credits that grow to $4,000 for people age 60 and up, and let insurers boost rates for older ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican governors are sending a clear message to Congress: Don’t scrap the health care law without a viable alternative. Eight Republican governors from all regions of...

By Nick Gales, WLS-AM News   (CHICAGO) Look for Erie Street to be closed between LaSalle and Wells streets this weekend as crews work to remove a tower crane. Erie Street will be closed for vehic...