Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says his annual budget message this month will be similar to one he delivered last year, asking legislators to work with him on crafting a balanced spending p...

By Tammy Weber, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban are hurrying to board U.S.-bound flights, fearin...

  By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) A bit of a roller coaster over the next week, at least in terms of high temperatures. In the short term, temps start an upward trend throu...

(CHICAGO) More than 16,000 people - most of them minorities - have applied to the Chicago Police Department in the last two months, a number Supt. Eddie Johnson says he's "extremely ecstatic" about, t...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There is a warning for potential fraud targeting the immigrant communities in the wake of President Trumps executive order on immigration. Attorney General Lisa Mad...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Singapore teen seeking asylum after blog posts mocking his government landed him jail will remain in U.S. custody until a Chicago immigration court hearing next month. Amos Yee’...

Three luxury vehicles were stolen early Friday from a car dealership in Evanston, authorities said. | NVP video (EVANSTON) Three luxury vehicles were stolen early Friday from a car dealership in Evans...

By Pamela Brown and Mary Kay Mallonee The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is looking to transfer approximately 20 agents to Chicago in an effort to “beef up” the federa...

CHICAGO (AP) - A lawsuit has been filed against the city of Chicago that seeks to overturn an ordinance banning advertising inside the private cars used by ride-share company drivers. In its federal l...

(CHICAGO) A man tried to lure two girls into his van by offering them candy on Monday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side. The girls - ages 7 and 10 - were returning home together about...