Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

  MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) - A grand jury has indicted the former mayor of a poor Chicago suburb on charges he took part in a $300,000 bribery scheme involving city contractors. The Chicago Tribune rep...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois is kicking off a yearlong celebration leading to the state’s bicentennial. Sunday marks the Prairie State’s 199th anniversary. Daylong events are schedule...

  CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago-area’s penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sugary drinks is no more. The Cook County Board voted 15-2 in October to end the tax, just more than two months after it ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is launching an awareness campaign aimed at helping the public better understand the opioid crisis. In a news release, the sheriff says he is releasing vide...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The official beer of the State of Illinois is going to be unveiled Sunday at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The beer is ...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (WHEATON, IL) Trains are running as usual through the Metra stop on Front Street in Wheaton but commuter haven’t been able to wait inside the station building...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has subpoenaed Massage Envy spas following a report that more than 180 people across the nation have filed sexual assault lawsuits and other sexua...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois judge has ruled that DNA evidence will be allowed in the upcoming trial of a former Marine accused of fatally stabbing two girls. A Lake County judge made the...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Senate candidate Mike Braun’s campaign says it fired a former staffer who is also affiliated with the white nationalist movement. The Republican’s campaign says...

CHICAGO (AP) - Commuter and interstate train travelers in Chicago faced another day of delays due to the derailment of a Metra train this week outside the city’s Union Station. Metra says delays...