Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois Lawmakers have passed a resolution denouncing hate groups. The measure condemns white supremacists and other groups and received unanimous support in t...

CHICAGO (AP) - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has officially completed his 15-month prison sentence and is no longer being monitored by law enforcement. Bureau of Prisons records indicate Wednesd...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has asked federal responders to join state officials in assessing the damage in four counties after flooding last month. Rauner’s office said ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says President Donald Trump’s administration is “wrong morally, wrong factually and wrong legally” as it threatens to end funding for cities...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) For the first time in over 90 years, there will be a total solar eclipse in North America this coming Monday August 21st, and the Adler Planetarium is pulling ou...

  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...