Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(CHICAGO) -- The CTA Holiday Train begins making the rounds next week. The train, decorated with holiday scenes, lights, Santa and his reindeer, will make its first stop on the Orange and Green Lines ...

The Cook County Forest Preserves has just added a new 68-acre parcel of land in south suburban Lynwood. The land, purchased from the nonprofit Conservation Fund, lies along Deer Creek and was once far...

A fire broke out atop a downtown high rise on Tuesday night. Video showed up on social media, after the fire was spotted on a roof of the Joffrey Tower around 8:30 p.m. The building is located at Stat...

Chicago Bulls legend Bob Love has died at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer He spent nine seasons with the team, from 1968 to 1976, and was a three-time NBA All-Star. Modern day, Love is t...

A man who was arrested at Union Station with toys and zip ties over the weekend allegedly planned to travel to Florida to kidnap a child, authorities say. Devontay Shields was taken into custody at th...

Metra has added an extra holiday-themed train to its schedule this season in response to popular demand. The extra train will depart from University Park Station at 4 p.m. Nov. 30 and then stop at the...

A migrant shelter at 162 E. Ohio St. will be closing Friday, after more than two years of operating. The shelter used to be the Inn of Chicago Hotel and was the largest shelter in the city, housing 15...

You can roll up your sleeves and do some good before the Northwestern homecoming at Wrigley Field. Abbott and the Big Ten are holding a blood drive Friday at the Friendly Confines. That's where the ga...

Nurses at The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, known as UI Health, wrapped up day one of their strike Wednesday afternoon. This is the second strike the union has gone on ...

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and nine other members of Congress are demanding the federal government provide a time line for ridding three downtown Chicago buildings and a courthouse in ...