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(CHICAGO) Loop streets have reopened and the CTA is running trains on its Pink and Green lines Saturday afternoon after Friday's damaging winds blew gusts of more than 60 mph throughout the city. At i...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (GLEN ELLYN) The College of DuPage has a new trustee. David Olsen of Downers Grove was sworn in Thursday night. He replaces Kathy Hamilton who abruptly resigned in Decemb...

(CHICAGO) A day after Gov. Bruce Rauner accused a broke Chicago Public Schools of getting special treatment from the state, his handpicked state education team launched a financial investigation of Il...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Geoff Maurer Morning Forecast Friday, February 19th, 2016 Strong SW winds will bring in milder air today. Temperatures will stay mild into Saturday before cooler air mov...

(ELMWOOD PARK) Police will have bomb-sniffing dogs and bomb technicians at Elmwood Park High School Thursday morning after students found a threatening message scribbled on a bathroom wall Wednesday, ...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Bail has been set at $150,000 for a woman dubbed the ‘serial stowaway.’ A Cook County judge has ordered 64 year old Marilyn Hartman held on $1...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) In the Springfield budget standoff, Governor Rauner is on the attack, again. This time, against Senate president John Cullerton on the subject of school aid....

  Chicago firefighters responded to Trump Tower Thursday morning to a report of a fire on the 50th floor. /Photo Credit: Nick gale, WLS-AM News   By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News Chicago firefighte...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner gave his budged address on Wednesday. Rauner framed the state’s precarious financial situation as a choice for lawmakers this year: work with him on a long-term mix ...

Northwest Side residents could be able to sleep soundly for up to a month at a time under a plan to rotate the O’Hare Airport runways used at night approved Tuesday by a special committee of the...