Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - The federal transportation secretary is set to visit northern Indiana and attend events regarding an Indiana Toll Road improvement project and planned upgrades to the South Sho...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the ongoing police brutality scandal, Mayor Emanuel has decided to work together with Attorney General Lisa Madigan to get federal court supervision of reform...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Bruce Rauner today signed two bills into law that progressives have crusaded for. Rauner defied the right-wing of his party by signing the Trust Act. It...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Ray Stagich   SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO START THE WEEK Today|Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hi...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a plan making it easier for transgender people to change the gender listed on their birth certificates. The Republican signed the measure into law...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state’s largest business group is announcing a new coalition to help bring a Foxconn Technology Group plant to southeastern Wisconsin. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commer...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has agreed to resolve a dispute among lower courts over how much prisoners must pay their lawyers when they win civil rights lawsuits against their jailers. The jus...

CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has dismissed lawsuits that allege labels touting “100 percent grated Parmesan” are deceptive because the products include non-cheese ingredients. Judge Gary Feinerm...

VOLO, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois auto museum’s latest acquisition is a 1988 Cadillac limousine once owned by President Donald Trump. Director Brian Grams says the Volo Auto Museum isn’...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Department of Justice has objected to Chicago’s request for a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from withholding public safety grants from so-called sanc...