Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (Dublin, CA) Fighting back tears, former Northwestern Professor Wyndham Lathem appears in a California courtroom and waives extradition. “Dr. Lathem will be h...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Chicago Public Schools has announced that more than 900 employees will be laid off. That includes 356 teachers and 600 staff members. In a statement, CP...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Department of Transportation officials say efforts are underway to make sure traffic keeps moving and roadways are safe during the upcoming solar eclipse. The Carbond...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Todd Borek AN AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THROUGH MIDWEEK KEEPING THE DRY, COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS AROUND . Today|Plentiful sunshine. Highs in the low ...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former Bear Quarterback Jay Cutler’s retirement from football did not last long. Cutler announced earlier this year he was going to become an analyst with ...

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Fair is giving visitors something to wash down all that funnel cake: Craft beer. Craft brewers from all over the state will take part in the competit...

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - A judge granted a temporary restraining order barring Northern Illinois University from continuing to make payments on a former president’s severance package. DeKalb County B...

(CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel revealed it first to Bill Cameron Friday at a taping of Sunday’s “Connected to Chicago.” At a Sunday City Hall press conference with supporters, he said Chica...

(CHICAGO) Sixteen people have been arrested in the first three days of the Lollapalooza music festival this weekend in downtown Chicago. Four people were arrested Saturday, the third day of the festiv...

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) - A northeastern Illinois man has been charged in the fatal shootings of his 31-year-old wife and her 15-year-old sister. Ryan Yarber of Crystal Lake had a rights hearing Satur...