Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (OAK PARK, IL) If you grew up in west suburban Oak Park there are some names you recognize: Ernest Hemingway, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Val Camilletti. When the recor...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson says he wasn’t trying to buy anyone’s vote when he handed out close to $200,000 to churchgoers. The millionaire businessman says Sund...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — University of Chicago police have sent out a safety alert after several pedestrians were robbed or attacked near campus. Since Friday, police say there ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Taping “Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron” for Sunday night at 7, Erika Harold, the Republican candidate for Illinois Attorney General, went on ...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WADSWORTH, Ill.) — After a fire caused some $3 million in damage at a pyramid home in suburban Wadsworth, the owners are thinking about rebuilding and are also war...

2018-Chrysler-Pacifica-1000 Photo Courtesy of Chrysler and Drive Chicago   By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM “Drive Chicago” Feds are looking into hundreds of reports of fires in vehicles ma...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill.) –– A massive condominium complex fire has left a number of people without homes in northwest suburban Prospect Heights. The fire brok...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A woman dubbed the “serial stowaway” has been found by a judge to be fit for trial. Marilyn Hartman got the nickname after sneaking onto air...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner says he was “deeply troubled” by President Donald Trump’s seeming support for Russia and President Vladimir Putin in public comments. The R...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office says it was a heart condition that led to the death of Chicago Fire Department Juan Bucio in May. The dive...