Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Attorney General Lisa Madigan Tuesday announced that Illinois led 47 states and the District of Columbia in reaching an $18.5 million settlement with th...

  By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A new report says Chicago suburbs are making millions of dollars on red light cameras, even though many of the tickets were handed out to drivers who appa...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The FBI says it has caught a man responsible for robbing three North Side banks in less than a week. Feds say Eric Hanson of Blue Island walked into the B...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Motorists and pedestrians passing the Old State Capitol or Abraham Lincoln’s law office will now encounter a giant image of the 16th president a few blocks south. Ace Si...

CHICAGO (AP) - Officials of a 30-year-old housing agency originally intended to stop white flight in northwest Chicago say it’s seeing renewed interest, partly due to anxiety about a proposed ap...

By Scott Lawrimore, Weather Channel Meteorologist UNSETTLED WEATHER THIS WEEK WITH A LARGE, SLOW UPPER LOW HANGING OUT WITH US THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND….. Today|Rain showers in the m...

  WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - An investigation has determined that a suburban Chicago college student was not paying attention to the hammer throw at a track and field meet last month when he was struck...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SKOKIE) — Police are reviewing camera footage from the mall where a man was found dead over the weekend.   Skokie Police identify the man as 34-year-old Eric ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state is again racking up unpaid utility bills for its Springfield offices. City Water, Light and Power spokeswoman Amber Sabin says Illinois owes about $3.5 million in pa...

CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County’s first low-cost rabies vaccine clinic of the year will be held this month. A rabies vaccine clinic scheduled for May 30 in Crestwood will be the first of more than 30...