Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(CUSTER PARK) Police said heavy rainfall played a role in a fatal head-on crash Saturday morning in southwest suburban Custer Park. Cameron A. Latour, 18, was driving a Chevrolet Monte Carlo eastbound...

(CHAMPAIGN) Researchers say an Illinois law that locks in tuition rates for in-state students appears to have the unintended effect of driving up tuition for out-of-state students and fees for all. Th...

(CHAMPAIGN) Public records show that the University of Illinois athletic department’s security program for fans to anonymously report incidents at football and basketball games via text isn̵...

  Derren Sorrels (left) and Darwin Sorrels Jr. (right) | Chicago Police   (CHICAGO) Career criminals Darwin and Derren Sorrells decided to open fire on a stranger Friday afternoon in the Par...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The board of Illinois’ largest public-pension fund could take action that would increase the state’s annual contribution by hundreds of millions of dollars amid a ...

  By Nick Gale,, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Just in time for back to school, Chicago’s museums are offering fre admission for Chicago Public School students, starting this weekend. Free admissio...

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A Decatur woman’s ambition to become a nurse has led to new legislation allowing some convicted felons to petition the state for a health care worker license. The Pantagraph...

(CHICAGO) Enormous rats are making their way through the federal court system. But they’re not wet-nosed, living rodents. They’re rubber, inflatable ones. Unions deploy such rat replicas o...

(CHICAGO) Less than 24 hours after participating in an ESPN town hall on violence in Chicago, Bulls star Dwyane Wade was devastated by news his cousin was shot and killed while pushing a baby stroller...

By Ray Stagich, Weather Channel Meteorologist   (CHICAGO) Storm chances are back this weekend. It will also remain warm and humid.   Today|Scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 82F. Wind...