Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel is blasting Gov Rauner again as the school funding impasse continues. The Mayor got a question from the audience at the city’s annual investo...

NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is headed to the supermarket aisle with her own line of refrigerated soups and side dishes. The media mogul teamed up with food giant Kraft Heinz to launch the line, afte...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — School superintendents from across Illinois appeared in Chicago Wednesday for a hearing about public school funding. Because of Gov. Bruce Rauner’...

(CHICAGO) A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses McDonald's of overcharging customers when it calculates the added sales tax on the sweetened beverages it sells in Cook County. The suit is being brought by Y...

Posted on August 8, 2017 at 1:38 pm by Sun Times Wire Walter Clay | Lansing police  (LANSING) A middle school music teacher facing child pornography charges for an alleged relationship with a gir...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Ray Stagich AN AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE, KEEPING THE DRY, COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS AROUND . Today|Some sun in the morning with increasing clo...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The family of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau says they had to find a larger funeral venue for Saturday’s service in Lennon, Michigan due to the ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Still no state school aid has been approved, but state legislators are doing maneuvers. Democrats are aiming at overriding Governor Bruce Rauner’s partial ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is recommending a mixture of technologies including loud noises and water jets at a crucial site in Illinois to prevent Asian carp from rea...

(CHICAGO) Twenty-seven people were arrested over the four days of the Lollapalooza music festival, while more than 200 were taken to hospitals by paramedics this past weekend in Grant Park. A total of...