Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) One week ago, a Chicago Police Commander was shot to death while trying to help tactical officers capture a suspect on the run. The widow of Commander Paul Ba...

CHICAGO (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board recently finished its investigation of a 2016 burning airplane incident at an Illinois airport and has issued its recommendations to the Federal...

By Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen   Special counsel Robert Mueller has filed a charge against a lawyer for lying to investigators about his interaction with former Trump campaign aide Rick Ga...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The growing harassment scandal swirling around all-powerful Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has some wondering if the longest-servicing Speaker in the nation...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is cutting loose one of his political operatives for the second time in the past week, because of what Madigan calls "inap...

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) - A 23-year-old from suburban Chicago has been charged with hiring another man to kill his parents. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call ear...

By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Baseball Writer MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Anthony Rizzo’s parents were among the first homeowners in Parkland, Florida. The Chicago Cubs first baseman has watched his tight-knit c...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson said on Monday he’s deeply insulted by a Fox News host’s “attack” on Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James and thanked the basketball All-...

CHICAGO (AP) - A cryptocurrency case is now making its way through Chicago federal court. The U.S. attorney’s office says it’s the first criminal prosecution involving virtual currencies i...

By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press LA GRANGE, Ill. (AP) - A Lipinski has represented what’s now Illinois’ 3rd congressional district since U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski’s father was first el...