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(PARK RIDGE) A Park Ridge man who died Tuesday is the 15th cold-related death of the winter in Cook County. Corey Hamann, 27, was discovered in the parking lot behind an apartment building in the 0-10...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A former Chicago police officer was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for a 2012 videotaped beating of a convenience store clerk. Aldo Brown was found guil...

By John Dempsey, WLS News (CHICAGO) Cook County States Attorney Anita Alvarez is defending her record in an interview on “The Big John Howell Show”, on WLS. Alvarez is contending with crit...

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton dominated Super Tuesday. Trump notching seven victories — four more than his closest competitor — in states from Georgia to Massachusetts on a day that mar...

Illinois Senator Mark Kirk joined John Howell to talk about the continuing fight against ISIS, President Obama’s plan to close Gitmo, the fight in the Senate over the Supreme Court and the 2016 ...

The numbers just seem to keep getting worse all the time. Chicago had 40 murders during the month of February. Chicago's murder rate so far in 2016 is the worst in nearly two decades. The number of mu...

The numbers just seem to keep getting worse all the time. Chicago had 40 murders during the month of February. Chicago's murder rate so far in 2016 is the worst in nearly two decades. The number of mu...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 MUCH Colder weather this morning….and cold air staying in place through the end of the work week. A seperate...

An artist’s rendering of the bridge being built over Lake Shore Drive at 35th Street. | City of Chicago   (CHICAGO) Temporary lane closures on Lake Shore Drive will begin Wednesday on the S...

(CHICAGO) The president of a prominent Chicago real estate company best known for developing Block 37 in the Loop has been convicted on fraud charges related to the redevelopment of the old Goldblatt'...