Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(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...

(PHILADELPHIA) -- The last penny will be minted today at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The president ordered the end of the penny as it has cost almost 4 cents per penny to mint. The mint has been st...

(CHICAGO) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a man is now in custody for allegedly firing shots at an agent in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood over the weekend. In a social media p...

(CHICAGO) -- The FAA has ordered reduced capacity at 40 airports across the country. O'Hare and Midway could see capacity cut by up to 10-percent. Air traffic controllers and TSA officers have been un...

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has announced she will not seek reelection. Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987. She made history as the House's first female speaker in ...