Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The White House has launched a Media Bias Portal to further transparency. In a press release, the White House say the purpose is to, "combat the baseless lies, purposely omitted co...

(CHICAGO) -- As Giving Tuesday returns on December 2, the Better Business Bureau is urging everyone to make generosity count by supporting trustworthy charities and staying vigilant against increasing...

(CHICAGO) -- Chicago's overnight winter parking ban is officially in effect. The Department of Streets and Sanitation is reminding motorists the parking ban began at midnight and is in effect through ...

(CHICAGO) -- The Cook County Board of Review has decided to re-open all townships that have already closed for the 2025 appeal session, giving taxpayers an additional opportunity to file property tax ...

(CHICAGO) -- The offender prosecutors say is responsible for the aggravated arson of a 26-year-old female on a CTA Blue Line train has been federally charged. Officials say on November 17 at approxima...

(CHICAGO) -- Residents of Illinois are joining a handful of other states in using digital ID's and drivers licenses. The announcement Tuesday came after Apple unveiled its new "Digital ID" system for ...

(CHICAGO) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson's $16.6 billion spending plan was dealt a major blow on Monday as it failed to make it out of the finance committee. Alderman voted 25-10 against the mayor's tax pac...

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The Federal Aviation Administration's flight reduction emergency order officially ended this morning, allowing normal operations to resume nationwide. The decision came after saf...

(CHICAGO) -- Melissa Conyears-Ervin is getting some pushback after saying Thursday her office will no longer invest the city's money in U.S. Treasury Bonds. Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) was the first to rais...

(CHICAGO) -- The Department of Homeland Security says a member of Sen. Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) office misrepresented himself as the attorney of a detained illegal immigrant to facilitate their releas...