Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

CHICAGO - A teenage boy has died after being found unresponsive on the grounds at Lollapalooza. 16-year-old Evan Kitz-Miller of Mundelein was found in the 300 block of East Randolph Street around 8 p....

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (RESTON, Va.) — This year's World's Largest Golf Outing, benefiting Fisher House Foundation, is set for Monday, and player registration and charity donations are in...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding 157,000 jobs. While that is a solid gain, it is below the pace they maintained in the first half o...

[van id=”world/2018/07/31/aeromexico-confirms-accident-mexico-durango-latest-vpx.cnn”] CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man who was one of more than 100 survivors of a jet crash in Mexico...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) - A new law signed Thursday by Gov. Bruce Rauner does away with liquor restrictions thought harmful to small business. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 prohibited...

CHICAGO (AP) - People attending this year’s Lollapalooza music festival in downtown Chicago are finding stricter rules and stepped-up security. The four-day event began Thursday. Headliners incl...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) President Trump is doing all he can to scale back Obamacare, but at City Hall Mayor Emanuel is trying to stop him. City Hall is joining a few other cities in a l...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the campaign for mayor, challenger and former police superintendent Garry McCarthy is accusing Mayor Emanuel of “pay-to-play politics.” McCarthy s...

(CHICAGO) Gov. Rauner says it’s “the right thing to do” for Illinois St Rep. Nick Sauer to resign, but the governor blames Speaker Madigan for the culture of sexual harrassment. What...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) North Lake Shore Dr. is expected to be a mess Thursday afternoon around 4 because another traffic-disrupting march is expected there, then heading across Belmont...