Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

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...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO, IL) State government already has a terrible time paying the bills, but WLS-AM 890 Political Reporter Bill Cameron says the problem just got a lot worse this afte...

(CHICAGO) Former Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka is weighing in on Hillary Clinton’s latest attack against Donald Trump in the Presidential race. Ditka told “The Big John and Ray Show”...

(CHICAGO) A week after a California judge threw cold water on a lawsuit claiming Starbucks defrauded customers by adding ice to its cold beverages, the company asked for the dismissal of a similar cla...

(SPRING GROVE) A corn maze in northern Illinois celebrates the original “Star Trek” television show’s 50th anniversary. The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald reports Richardson Adventu...