Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s Navy Pier will offer a free art exhibit with design and performance elements starting this fall. It’ll be called “Here Hear Chicago” and include live p...

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Most roads have reopened in Plainfield after a train carrying crude oil derailed about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Plainfield police say it will take several days to clean u...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) - The extended Fourth of July weekend is expected to be one of the busiest periods of the year on Illinois’s tollway with nearly 8 million vehicles on the system. The Il...

  By Geoff Maurer, Weather Channel QUIET INTO MONDAY WITH LIMITED CHANCES FOR RAIN…BETTER OPPORTUNITIES LATER ON TUESDAY   Today|Sunshine and some clouds. A stray shower or thunderstor...

WARRENVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Two teenage brothers have been charged with allegedly giving their 5-year-old nephew a marijuana joint after locking themselves in a bathroom at a suburban Chicago home. A DuP...

UPDATES WITH ROAD CLOSURES (PLAINFIELD) A freight train carrying crude oil derailed Friday in southwest suburban Plainfield. The Canadian National freight derailed as it headed south about 6:30 p.m. e...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Lawmaker have called it a day in the Illinois House as they fail to get a budget in ahead of the midnight deadline. On Friday, House Speaker M...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers are entering the final day to settle a budget deal and avoid a potentially catastrophic failure. Lawmakers have a lot of work to do Friday if they hope to m...

CHICAGO (AP) Chicago police and federal agents are collaborating in an initiative to stem the flow of illegal guns in the city as part of efforts to curb rampant violence. President Donald Trump tweet...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Ray Stagich   STORMY WEATHER POSSIBLE WITH A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT   Today|Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms. High 82F. Winds WSW at 10 to...