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(CHICAGO) A body of a man discovered near Metra tracks on Tuesday near the Bloomingdale Trail on the Northwest side was struck by a train, according to authorities. A body was first reported by Metra ...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, August 18, 2016 KEEPING AND EYE ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THRU…COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. AND SOME TEMPS ...

By Gregory Krieg, CNN New presidential battleground state polling out Wednesday shows Hillary Clinton with double-digit leads in Colorado and Virginia and effectively tied with Donald Trump in Iowa. B...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Hoosier Lottery says it is turning over 16 percent more in profits to state government than a year ago. Lottery officials project a $281 million profit during the 2016 budget y...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A City Council hearing on how to reform police oversight produced one simple-sounding solution to the police-involved shooting scandal. At City Hall, the alderme...

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( CHICAGO) A fight that started on Facebook ended with three people using a baseball bat, broom handle and wooden beam to beat a 23-year-old man to death earlier this month on the West Side, prosecuto...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) Former interim Supt John Escalante is leaving to become police chief at Northeastern Illinois University. Deputy chief David McNaughton, who signed off on cops si...

By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO)When the Cubs were fighting with the city of Chicago over renovations at Wrigley Field, the village of Rosemont had an idea- move to the suburbs. While the ...

By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A 41-year-old man has been charged in a DUI crash that killed a 31-year-old man and his daughter in south suburban Chicago Heights Sunday morning. Police s...