Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - A 17-year-old boy faces attempted murder and other charges after authorities say he fired at Chicago police officers who were investigating an earlier shooting. Police say in a statemen...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police officials have launched statewide training for officers in dealing with Alzheimer’s disease patients who wander away and need to be found. “S...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Republican leader of the Illinois House wants to establish a hotline for helping victims of sexual harassment. Minority Leader Jim Durkin says his legislation would create...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A south suburban Republican congressman is reacting to the massacre at a Texas church that left 26 people dead. Channahon Congressman Adam Kinzinger told “...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The head of Wisconsin’s economic development agency says the full board will be allowed to review a proposed $3 billion contract with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn Technolo...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan officials say they’ve received hundreds of entries in a contest seeking new ideas for keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Gov. Rick Snyder announced the Gre...

PEOTONE, Ill. (AP) - A humane society in suburban Chicago suddenly finds itself caring for 47 dogs that were found in an area house by authorities. NBC 5 in Chicago reports that the dogs were rescued ...

  ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The Rockford Art Museum isn’t horsing around. The (Rockford) Register Star reports that Richard and Lon Behr have donated a 8-foot-tall, 800 pound horse made from sc...

Experts say the number of deer vs. car collisions rises in October because it is deer mating season. In 2016, the Missouri Highway Patrol says six people died in deer-vehicle accidents, saying deer ar...

  TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) - An investigation has determined that a suburban Chicago mayor was “borderline reckless,” but shouldn’t be criminally prosecuted for directing a party ...