Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the campaign for mayor, the mayor and the police superintendent he fired are at it again. One of Garry McCarthy’s raps on Mayor Emanuel is that he micro...

Police investigate a helicopter crash about 10 p.m. Saturday, July 7, 2018 in the area of I-57 and I-94. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times  (CHICAGO) Four people were seriously injured when a medical h...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officers seize, on average, one illegal handgun per hour and the proliferation of guns on the streets prompted three police-involved shootings within 30 hours this week, accordi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says the administration is courting motorcycle companies that want to move to the U.S. after Harley-Davidson said it’s moving some assembly overseas. Har...

CHICAGO (AP) - Four candidates for Illinois governor will be on the ballot this fall. Republican state Rep. Sam McCann, who’s running as a Conservative Party candidate, and Libertarian candidate...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring administrative union fees from non-union members means Illinois health care workers will get a chance to claw back $32 million they’v...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Geoff Maurer (CHICAGO) Excessive Heat Warning until 7:00 pm this evening. Today|Partly cloudy with afternoon showers or thunderstorms. A few storms may be severe. High...

[van id=”politics/2018/06/30/immigration-policy-protests-atlanta-dog-crate-baby-dolls-vpx.cnn”] By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - They wore white. They shook their fi...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) It hasn’t been a great week for Democrats, but Mayor Emanuel is at least laughing about it. On the day after two setbacks in the Supreme Court – Trum...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Crusading Father Michael Pfleger is planning a march against violence on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday, July 7th, but First Deputy Police Supt Tony Riccio ...