Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

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...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says he’s taking steps to end harassment or abuse at the statehouse and in his political operation, after a former staff member said party o...

CHICAGO (AP) - Mourners remembered a slain Chicago Police commander Saturday as a model officer and “one of the good guys” who was uninterested in self-promotion, even as he moved up the d...

CHICAGO (AP) - Early voting will be delayed at least one more day in Lake County. Lake County Clerk Carla Wyckoff says election officials had hoped to start Friday, but are awaiting a decision on a st...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Dr. David R. Schuler of High School District 214 has been named the 2018 National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of Sc...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say two women suffered graze wounds when a gun accidentally went off at a downtown Chicago hotel. The Chicago Tribune reports the shooting happened Friday morning at the ...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Visitation will be held today for the Chicago Police Commander who was killed during a struggle with a suspect, in the Loop, earlier this week. Today̵...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) — A Cook County judge has been found guilty of mail and bank fraud in a real estate scheme. The feds accused Judge Jessica O'Brien of pocketing $325,000 and l...