Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

  CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago police officer has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the police chief refused to modify her duties when she became pregnant and later forced her to take unpaid ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reacting to Governor Bruce Rauner saying he’s also working with the out-of-state St. Louis bid for Amazon’s second headquarters...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (MATTOON, Ill.) — A student is in custody and a teacher is being hailed as a hero after a shooting broke out Wednesday at Mattoon High School that left one person w...

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The State Board of Finance has agreed to loan the financially struggling Gary schools $3.1 million. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the board unanimously agreed Tuesda...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (KANKAKEE, Ill.) — A resident of Kankakee is the first West Nile related death for 2017. The Illinois Department of Public Health says the patient tested positive f...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In Washington, there now may be enough votes to pass Trumpcare in the Senate and some are saying Governor Rauner is walking a very fine line in reacting to it. I...

(TINLEY PARK) A student has been charged with releasing pepper spray and causing the evacuation of a southwest suburban high school Monday afternoon. The 17-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile with...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore WE TOUCHED RECORDS FROM THE 1930s ON WEDNESDAY…FALL OFFICIALLY STARTS FRIDAY BUT YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IT WITH OUR FORECAST….. Today|Most...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist THE WEATHER PATTERNS STAY ON THE WARM SIDE OF AVERAGE THIS WEEK EVEN THOUGH FALL OFFICIALLY STARTS FRIDAY…..NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPS LATER THIS WEEK….. Today...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago Public Schools principal has been barred from an alternative high school operating in the Cook County Jail following allegations that she falsified student data. Sheriff Tom D...