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Illinois Senator Mark Kirk joined Big John Howell to talk about President Obama’s plan to close Gitmo, the debate over Syrian refugees and also tonight’s State of the Union address.

(CHICAGO) A 90-year-old woman was found dead in a driveway in the Roseland neighborhood Monday morning. Nellie Gordon was found about 8:40 a.m., lying in a driveway in the 9100 block of South Michigan...

By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) A Cook County judge has denied the Chicago Police Department's request to toss out a lawsuit seeking records showing how police have used cell phone tracking systems. ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel is asking aldermen to raise taxes again. This time it’s another 90 cents on a cigar, $1.80 per ounce on smokeless tobacco and $6.60 per ounce of...

By John Dempsey, WLS News (CHICAGO) A former City of Chicago Department of Transportation official goes on trial today in Chicago Federal Court, charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars...

(CHICAGO) Seven firefighters were injured battling an extra-alarm fire that broke out Monday morning in a Rogers Park neighborhood apartment building on the North Side. Crews responded to the blaze at...

Chicago recorded its first subzero temperatures of the winter Monday morning, with wind chills as low as minus-20 in some areas and a few inches of snow expected later in the day. No one had the winni...

Drug kingpin El Chapo was re-captured in Mexico, months after he escaped from prison. Actor Sean Penn also released an interview he did with El Chapo while he was in hiding. Authorities aren’t h...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) One week after a Federal Judge found that a top ranking City of Chicago attorney withheld evidence in a police shooting trial, the city is hiring former U.S....

(CHICAGO) CTA Orange Line trains are sharing a track in both directions between the Pulaski and Kedzie stops on the Southwest Side. Trains began sharing a track in both directions between the two stat...