Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore More scattered storms expected today and tomorrow Today | Intervals of clouds and sunshine in the morning with more clouds for later in the day. A stra...

CHICAGO (AP) - July was another dangerous month in Chicago, with 74 homicides reported. Police say that drove the total for the year past the 400 mark and put the city on pace to eclipse last yearR...

CHICAGO (AP) - University of Illinois at Chicago researchers and park district officials say they’ve come up with a way to keep swimmers out of Chicago’s lakefront when there is too much b...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials are taking 17 party bus companies off the road after months of complaints about public drunkenness, shooting incidents and even gang activity. On Monday, city official...

OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago is beginning a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to throwing two small dogs from the roof of a five-story hospital parking garage. The (Tinley Par...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A Southwest side alderman wants to punish parents when their children commit gun crimes. 15th ward Alderman Raymond Lopez told “The Big John and Ramblin...

(CHICAGO) The $95 million public safety training campus in West Garfield Park that will replace Chicago's police and fire training academies will be bankrolled in part by proceeds from the sale of a v...

  CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health experts are asking residents to take safety precautions before next month’s solar eclipse. Illinois Department of Public Health director Nir...

ALGONQUIN, Ill. (AP) - Sandbags have been provided by local government to Illinois counties that have been affected by recent floods. The Daily Herald reports that sandbags are cheap to make thanks to...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker is taking to the air to tout news that global electronics giant Foxconn plans to invest $10 billion on a new manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin. The Frida...