Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Mayor Rahm Emanuel, after passing two massive property tax increases, now wants to raise the city utility tax. The re...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk is criticizing his party’s nominee for President, Donald Trump, for Trump’s decision to attac...

\ A vehicle was stolen by two armed suspects early Tuesday in the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive, police said. | Network Video Productions  (CHICAGO) A man was injured early Tuesday when hi...

Chicago Police investigate a shooting Monday night in the 3200 block of North Racine. | Network Video Productions  (CHICAGO) A man was critically wounded in a Lake View neighborhood shooting Mond...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 12-year-old Naperville resident is the youngest girl to climb to the highest point in each of the lower 48 states. The Daily Herald reports that the Highpointers Club, a memb...

By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) More than being one of the most popular music festivals in the United States, Lollapalooza advocates that it is a place where music fans can learn more about how t...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say the body camera of an officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old last week was not recording at the time. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi...

(CHICAGO) Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has relieved a third officer of his police powers following a police-involved shooting that left a suspect dead. The move comes after the Cook Cou...

(CHICAGO) Health officials are puzzled about how the most basic baking ingredient - flour - became contaminated with bacteria normally found in animal feces. The tainted flour has sickened 46 people i...

(CHICAGO) A gay music director fired after he publicized his same-sex marriage engagement can continue his lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Chicago and the parish where he worked after a federal jud...