Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

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...

By COLLIN BINKLEY and JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Students and alumni at some of the nation’s top universities are urging their schools to reconsider admissions policies t...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner says a $1 billion tax cut should be the top priority for this year’s legislative session. The Republican said Wednesday it could be achieved by changin...

    Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer gave up his life in service to the city, and his brothers and sisters in blue were paying tribute to their longtime friend Wednesday morning, a day after ...