Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Authorities investigate Sunday evening after a ceiling collapsed in an apartment building in the 10000 block of Linda Lane in Des Plaines. | Network Video Productions (DES PLAINES) A man was injured w...

(CHICAGO) Chicago officials say a program to renovate hundreds of playgrounds in the city will be completed by the end of the year, one year ahead of schedule. Mayor Rahm Emanuel made the announcement...

(CHICAGO) Dozens of people have gathered in Chicago for a protest over the police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old. The protesters gathered Sunday evening in Millennium Park then began marchin...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Todd Borek Monday, August 8, 2016 STAYING DRY AND PLEASANT THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE THINGS HEAT BACK UP AGAIN STARTING TUESDAY. Monday | Mostly sunny. High around 85F. Low ...

(CHICAGO) Newly released police video of the events leading up to the death of 18-year-old Paul O'Neal sparked another night of protests Sunday in Chicago that wound through the Loop and north onto th...

(ST. CHARLES) A K-9 unit led St. Charles police officers to the 18-year-old man who held up a 7-Eleven store at gunpoint early Sunday, according to police in the northwest suburb. The robbery happened...

Police investigate after a shooting near Hawthorne Race Course Sunday night. | Network Video Productions   (STICKNEY) At least one person was shot in a fight outside Hawthorne Race Course Sunday ...

(MINOOKA) A southwest suburban man died in a glider crash Saturday afternoon in Minooka. James M. Patton, 69, of Tinley Park, was the pilot of a private glider that crashed into a field in the 26000 b...

(GLEN ELLYN) An unclaimed lottery ticket worth more than $16 million was sold in west suburban Glen Ellyn this week. A ticket sold at the 7-Eleven at 3S035 Park Blvd. in Glen Ellyn was a $16,750,000 w...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There is an investigation underway in northwest suburban Glendale Heights after two people were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. Police in Glendale...