Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Authorities investigate after a shooting on Lake Shore Drive downtown early Friday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was shot and critically wounded while driving on Lake Shore Drive early ...

(EVANSTON) Evanston police are seeking information from the public after multiple people were shot with paintballs Wednesday in the north suburb. Between 7:20 and 7:33 p.m., police received four repor...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) It looks like voting by mail is off to a good start in Cook County. With a week left to apply for vote by mail ballots, nearly 100,000 suburban Cook County voters h...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Cubs fans taking the Red Line to the game could board a piece of Chicago rail history. The CTA will operate what it is calling its "World Series Special" for the ga...

(CHICAGO) New details in the story of the fired Chicago Police Detective who escaped punishment after shooting and killing a black woman on the west side in 2012. The Chicago Tribune reports that Dant...

(CHICAGO) NBC dramas "Chicago PD" and "Chicago Fire" will be filming Thursday and Friday nights, shutting down several downtown streets. From 7 p.m. Thursday until 2 a.m. Friday, "PD" shoots will clos...

(CHICAGO) Minimum-wage workers in the Cook County suburbs are getting a raise, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. County Board members Wednesday approved an ordinance that will boost the minimum hourly wa...

(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...