Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore Cold front has gone thru leaving breezy weather but not much cold air. Should be a great weekend for the Air and Sea Show! Today|Abundant sunshine. Hig...

(CHICAGO) Chicago Board of Elections is reporting a security breach by one of it vendors. Cyber security detective Chris Vickery found a data breach at E S & S, Election Systems and Software, the ...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Il) — Two more Illinois politicians are calling it quits. State Sen. Bill Haine (D-Alton), who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma says he will not be...

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...