Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By DON BABWIN , Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Two men characterized by police as “persons of interest” in the attack against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett are now considered...

A drunk passenger started a fist fight in the air and caused a flight to be diverted. This happened overseas on Thursday night. The Ryanair flight was traveling from Glasgow to Malaga. Witnesses said ...

A lot of people are seeing their tax refunds shrink in 2019, but the Treasury Department says a smaller refund is actually a good thing. One Treasury official credits the smaller refunds to last year&...

An international committee is set to hold a hearing on ‘fake news’ – and they want to hear from some of the biggest names in the tech industry. Among the names being invited to testi...

Layane Dias, 20, wanted to get her nose pierced, but what she ended up receiving was unfortunately a lot more. Dias ended up getting a bacterial infection from the piercing called Staphylococcus aureu...

Seven Louisiana State University students have been arrested for conducting what’s being described as some of the most horrific hazing rituals on record. The young men, who are members of LSU...

Patrons at a New Jersey McDonald’s were definitely not lovin’ it after a man and a young child entered the establishment with a large white rat and let the rodent loose inside the restaura...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the state pension crisis, the Pritzker administration is out with a proposed fix that includes selling some state assets like the Thompson Center. At the City...

https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/14124005/Bill-Vallas.mp3 By BillCameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Paul Vallas is trying to link Bill Daley to the city’s much-hat...

CHICAGO (AP) - Detectives are interviewing two “persons of interest” who surveillance photos show were in the area of downtown Chicago where “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett said...