Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Chante Stonewall had a career-high 20 points, Brooke Schulte scored all of her 16 points in the first half and No. 18 DePaul cruised to a 92-60 win over Seton Hall on Sunday night in ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Unseasonably high temperatures have allowed Illinois farmers to work in the fields, but many of them are wondering how the weather will affect their crops and orchards. The Ill...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan is turning to the public for help fighting Asian carp. The state plans to offer a prize to someone who can come up with a way to keep the invasive fish out of the Great ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A significant expansion of casino gambling is back in play in the Illinois General Assembly. A proposal to authorize six new casinos got Senate approval this past week. It was...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Monday, March 6, 2017 WARM, WET CONDITIONS TO START THE WORK WEEK… A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TREK FROM THE DAKOTAS TOWARDS THE HUDSON B...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A peanut butter substitute sold by an Illinois company is being recalled because 12 cases of E. coli have been linked to the product. Glenview-based I.M. Health SoyNut Butter ...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced the awarding of more than $98,000 in donated funds from the Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grant Progra...

By Scott Lawrimore, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) After experiencing – for a change – some below average numbers – after a few flurries this morning – maybe up to an ...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chance the Rapper met with Governor Bruce Rauner today, but while Rauner thought it was productive, it sounds like Chance did not. The two met at the governor’...

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A coalition of community and environmental groups and law clinics has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act immediately to protect East Chicago residents...