Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

  CHICAGO (AP) - A $7.4 million simulator at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport will prepare first-responders for rescues aboard superjumbo jets. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A lawyer who is a former Miss America says she’s running for Illinois attorney general. Erika Harold of Urbana on Tuesday announced plans for a Republican bid to challenge fo...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A convicted felon from Chicago has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for illegally brokering the sale of more than 75 guns. John Thomas il...

CHICAGO (AP) - Preschool-age children enrolled in publicly-funded early childhood programs and schools in Illinois will be protected from expulsion under a new law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner. State o...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is calling on Democrats who control the General Assembly to negotiate with him over a new school funding formula. Rauner has alrea...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A former suburban substitute teacher, accused of sexually abusing a child, is now facing additional charges as more alleged victims come forward. Carlos B...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois’ Champaign-Urbana campus says it will only use the block letter “I” logo from now on. School officials made the announcement Monday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Next Monday's stunning solar eclipse in the United States will generate as much science as oohs and aahs. From the discovery of helium to proving Einstein right, great science often ...

CHICAGO (AP) - California has joined several cities and counties in suing the federal government over federal public safety money that the White House has threatened to withhold amid a clash over sanc...

CHICAGO (AP) - Four Greenpeace activists accused of unfurling a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago last month to protest the president’s stance on global warming have pleaded not guilty to felon...