Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A new coalition of reputable good government groups delivered petitions to the offices of Mayor Rahm Emanuel the city council, asking that the next Chicago polic...

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - A member of the DeKalb County Board is suing Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees in an effort to void a $600,000 severance payment to the school’s departin...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore STORMY WEATHER POSSIBLE THRU THE DAY AND A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT Today | Cloudy skies during the morning hours followed by thunderstorms in the...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Bloomington Republican State Senator Bill Brady is blasting Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, saying Madigan wants to “obstruct” progress tow...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WASHINGTON) — The World Series Champion Chicago Cubs have made a stop at the White House. It was the second stop at the White House for the Cubs, having already vi...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner today released a statement regarding the slow progress of the General Assembly's budget negotiations as they work d...

By Bill Cameron (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle are reacting to yesterday’s indictment of the three cops on the scene of the 2014 police killing of ...

By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore The south winds will warm us up today…and introduce some storms to the area. Today | Windy with scattered thunderstorms. High near 80. Winds SSW ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation when she said librarians are on the front line of “the fight to defend truth and reason, evidence and facts.” The 2016 Democratic...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM news (CHICAGO) Retailers have filed suit against the Cook County sweetened beverage tax about to go into effect. Retailers argue that the tax is unconstitutional because it app...