Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By John Dempseym WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) An Illinois State lawmaker says the time has come to legalize fireworks in Illinois. State Rep. Barbara Wheeler (R) Crystal Lake, tells the Chicago Tribune Illin...

By CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has decided on his Supreme Court nominee, a person with knowledge of the situation revealed Monday, hours before a prime-t...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Politico is out with a story that reveals Governor Bruce Rauner “profits off of ICE detention center contracts.” A firm that handles Rauner’s i...

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...