Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(CHICAGO) Additional CTA train and bus service will be provided this weekend for the World Series games at Wrigley Field. More frequent Red Line trains will run start running before the scheduled 7:08...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, October 27, 2016 After a cloudy & cool Thursday, clearing & warmer on Friday with a high in the mid-60s. Even warmer on Saturday wit...

Chicago Police investigate in the 1000 block of North Willard Court, where a 35-year-old man was found shot to death in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle early Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. | Ash...

(CLEVELAND) The Chicago Cubs have scored their first World Series run in 71 years. In fact, they scored their first five World Series runs since 1945, beating the Cleveland Indians, 5-1, and evening t...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, the chief of the new Civilian Office of Police Accountability is assembling a group of community advisers who, she says, aren’t “ye...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The head of the Better Government Association says the Chicago Cubs did the right thing, in withdrawing their offer to sell World Series tickets at Wrigley Field...

(ARLINGTON HEIGHTS) Multiple trains on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line are running behind schedule Tuesday morning after a vehicle got stuck on the tracks in northwest suburban Arlington Heights....

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ken Boone WLS-AM Tuesday, October 25, 2016 A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FOR WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASING RAIN CHANCES THE NEXT 2 DAYS. Today | Cloudy. Slight chance of a rain sh...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There’s a new push underway to let poor people accused of non-violent crimes to be let out on bail at little or no cost. The idea is to save taxpayers mill...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Cubs have withdrawn their offer to the aldermen for face-value World Series tickets. The problem is that the face-value ticket offer violated the ban on gift...