Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News   (JOLIET) — The Illinois Department of Corrections is investigating an incident that happened at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet Wednesday. &nb...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) –– Mayor Rahm Emanuel has signed an executive order pledging that Chicago will do its part to help meet the Paris Climate Change Agreement since ...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A suburban Republican State lawmaker is pushing a plan to get rid of the office of Illinois Lieutenant Governor. Barrington Republican Rep. David McSweeney told ...

(CHICAGO) A passenger was stung by a scorpion on a plane bound for O'Hare International Airport Monday night. The passenger on Aeromexico Flight 682 from Mexico City International Airport to Chicago w...

  Nien Siu | DuPage County state’s attorney office (NAPERVILLE) Bond was set at $300,000 Tuesday for an Indiana man accused of sexually assaulting a woman Sunday afternoon at a west suburba...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Actor Stacy Keach could be released from a Chicago hospital today.   Keach has been in Chicago for the play “Pamplona” and he became conf...

  CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs says the state is reducing fees and giving more investment choices to people saving money for college in the state’s 529 colle...

By Jeff Eno, Weather Channel Meteorologist WARMING UP AHEAD OF THE CHANCE FOR RAIN FRIDAY, THEN IT GETS HOT Today | Sunny. High around 75…mid 60s near the Lake Tomorrow | More sun than clouds. H...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The Justice Department has announced an agreement with the City of Des Plaines to resolve allegations that the city violated the Religious Land Use and ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The derailment of a commuter train near downtown Chicago has disrupted service between the city and South Bend, Indiana. The South Shore Line train, which originated in Dune Park, India...