Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Arrests were down 24% last year and former firefighter now northwest side Alderman Nick Sposato thinks he knows why. The alderman says, "It’s not something...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Jury selection is underway for the federal trial of a Chicago police officer accused of firing into a car full of teenagers in 2013. 42-year old officer Marco Pr...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has opened work on a second phase of a $220 million northeast cargo development at O’Hare International Airport . Emanuel was joined Thursday by officia...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore Today | Thunderstorms in the morning then gradual clearing. High 80 Tomorrow | Sunny. High mid to upper 70s…low 70s near the Lake Thursday | More...

(CHICAGO) Despite occasional clouds the Chicago Park District held solar eclipse viewing parties in 20 parks. Families and co-workers arrived by the dozens as the sky grew darker and the air cooler on...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Fair Grandstand officials say this year’s fair surpassed a record-setting number of guests in 2016 with help from its music lineup. The State Journal-Regi...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - One of two teenagers charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress a fictitious horror character called Slender Man has decided to plead guilty to a lesser charge. Fift...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, Bill Cameron says the aldermen took testimony on banning driver-less cars in Chicago before a state law is enacted to pre-empt them from regulating...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Officials in southern Illinois are preparing for thousands of people to descend on the area to view the total solar eclipse. The Southern Illinoisan reports the Illinois Depart...

By Jennifer Agiesta About half of Americans (51%) have plans to watch the eclipse of the sun happening across the United States on August 21, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That figure cli...