Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is questioning whether some so-called sanctuary cities are responding honestly when asked whether they follow the law on sharing the immigration status of resi...

  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - Attorneys for one of two teens accused of stabbing a girl 19 times to impress a fictional online character called “Slender Man” want jurors sequestered during ...

ATLANTA (AP) - A disruptive passenger was removed from an Atlanta-to-Chicago flight after yelling at a flight attendant while letting her dog run through the cabin. Passenger Michael Nash posted video...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore SOME STRONG OR SEVERE T-STORMS POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY…… Today | Partly cloudy with afternoon showers or thunderstorms. High 81F. Winds NNW at...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois House of Representatives has completed override action on Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of the Democrats budget. Without a vote to spare, D...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) The Illinois House has voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of a budget package. The action Thursday gives Illinois its first annual spending plan since 2015. The ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Emergency workers wearing protective gear have entered Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office inside the Illinois Capitol after a report of hazardous material that’s prompted authoritie...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) How bad was the holiday violence in Chicago? Police say that an eruption of gun violence after the official end of the 4th of July weekend left nearly as ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Two key Republicans in the Illinois House say they will continue supporting an income-tax increase over their governor’s veto. Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights and...

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A barn fire in Kendall County left at least 18 horses dead. The Chicago Tribune reports that the fire near Plainfield - about 38 miles southwest of Chicago - happened at about ...