Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Before the game, Lebron James came to the United Center, dressed in a Cubs uniform. James, an Indians fan lost a World Series bet to the Bulls’ Dwayne Wade, a Cubs fan. CHICAGO (AP) — Jimm...

(SPRINGFIELD) A plan to keep two Illinois nuclear power plants operating and save thousands of jobs is on its way to Gov. Bruce Rauner, who supports the measure. The Senate voted 32-18 to approve the ...

[van id=”video/news/2016/12/01/trump-carrier-victory-speech-critics.cnnmoney”] President-elect Donald Trump touted his plan to save 1,000 jobs at Carrier in Indiana and talked up his plans...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Two men, who the FBI says, robbed a pair of north suburban banks last week have been arrested. 22-year old Jerrious Jackson of Mississippi faces bank robb...

WARRENVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Police say three people are dead following a two-vehicle crash along Interstate 88 in suburban Chicago. Illinois State Police say the crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. Frid...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A man who pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend, in Aurora, has been sentenced to almost 50 years in prison. Heather Jacobi, a DuPage County Jail nu...

CHICAGO (AP) - More Chicago property owners will have the opportunity to buy vacant lots for just $1. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday the city is expanding a program to sell vacant city-owned land to ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago-based court will consider arguments that protections under the 1964 Civil Rights Act should expand to cover LGBT workers. The full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehea...

CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is citing a technicality in a bid to restore his tax-covered public school pensions as he serves a 15-month prison sentence in a hush-money case...

(CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago will push ahead with police reforms, regardless of the outcome of a U.S. Justice Department probe. Thursday is the anniversary of the release of a video showi...