Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican governors are sending a clear message to Congress: Don’t scrap the health care law without a viable alternative. Eight Republican governors from all regions of...

By Nick Gales, WLS-AM News   (CHICAGO) Look for Erie Street to be closed between LaSalle and Wells streets this weekend as crews work to remove a tower crane. Erie Street will be closed for vehic...

By Scott Lawrimore, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) The cold is back along with some snow. Look for a warmer start of the week. Today|Snow showers before noon. Becoming partly cloudy later. Hi...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A third man has been charged in a shooting that killed two people, including a toddler. A pregnant woman was also wounded, in the Valentine’s Day sh...

CHICAGO (AP) - A baby girl has died about five months after she was born prematurely when her mother was killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said ...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Metra’s CEO says he plan to retire at the end of the year. Don Orseno says he will be stepping down by the end of the year to spend more time with his family....

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (MELROSE PARK) A father and son are charged in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old, in Melrose Park, last weekend. Melrose Park police say when a fi...

MAKANDA, Ill. (AP) - Unseasonably warm weather in southern Illinois this winter is putting a dent in maple syrup production. The Southern Illinoisan reports the temperatures have affected the amount o...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has convened legal and civil rights organizations in the wake of what she calls “troubling” executive orders issued by President Donal...

SWAT team members gear up before heading to a barricade situation late Thursday in South Chicago. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A dozen Chicago Police SWAT team officers were suspended after t...