Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Two business partners are looking to bring the Midwest Express airline back to Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Curt Drumm, an aviation consultant from Manitowoc...

ROUND LAKE, Ill. (AP) - Residents in this northern Chicago suburb are donating books to the local school district after it lost two libraries in a summer flood. The Round Lake Area School District say...

CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago police officer has been convicted of obstructing a federal grand jury investigation into drug dealing on the city’s West Side. Ronald T. Coleman was a member of t...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A former member of the Illinois House doesn’t believe Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a education funding bill can be overridden by lawmakers in...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Mark Thibodeau COLD FRONT MOVING THRU MEANS A BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY AND A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND AHEAD…… Today | Partly cloudy. High 76F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. T...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials are conducting routine inspections of all rides at the 2017 state fair to ensure they are safe to operate. The Illinois Department of Labor’s Amusemen...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A judge has sentenced a boss of the Hobos street gang to 40 years in prison. At Thursday’s sentencing, U.S. District Judge John Tharp said Gregory...

DYER, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a suspected car thief hit a pedestrian during a police chase in south suburban Chicago that ended in northwestern Indiana where the suspect was shot to death. Lake Co...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) As the state school funding fight continues, Mayor Emanuel is paying Governor Rauner a left-handed compliment. The mayor's snide remark about Rauner: “I wa...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Grand marshals for the 2017 Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade will be three families of long-time fair vendors. State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon announced Tuesday that the Vo...