Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors in northern Illinois are asking a judge to reconsider a key ruling regarding the upcoming trial of the wife of a former Fox Lake Police lieutenant who killed himself....

By Ray Stagich, WLS-AM Meteorologist Ray Stagich EXPECTING A STRING OF CONSECUTIVE 90+ DEGREE DAYS THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. WHILE THE CURRENT FORECAST DOES NOT HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Cubs are feuding over security at Wrigley Field. First the Cubs wanted the Mayor to close Clark and Addison around the ballpark on gam...

By Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (CROWN POINT, INDIANA) Most of us have heard the term “Puppy Mill”, but many of us don’t know for sure what they are. A Crown Point, Indiana m...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The filming of the movie “Rampage” may require 15-minute street closures between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.   The Chicago Dep...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is a few weeks - if not days - away from having a kidney transplant. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (goo-lee-EHL’-mee) says tha...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WASHINGTON) — Former Obama advisor David Axelrod says talk of Russian interference into the presidential election is one of the more interesting things to come out...

Bu John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Another Democratic candidate for Illinois Governor is criticizing fellow candidate J.B. Pritzker for asking then- Governor Rod Blagojevich to name him Illinois T...

By Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (DOLTON) Cleaning a south suburban garage turned into a terrifying event. It happened in South suburban Dolton yesterday. A homeowner and a family member were c...

By Jeff Eno, Weather Channel Meteorologist JET STREAM RIDES NORTH AND THE HEAT IS ON FOR THE WEEKEND WITH POTENTIAL 90s ON THE WAY…HOPEFULLY HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW Today | Plentiful sun...