Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(CHICAGO) A man died Thursday evening after he was pulled from the waters of Lake Michigan near the 31st Street Beach on the South Side, police said. Rescue crews responded about 8:30 p.m. for the swi...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says state and local governments are partnering with a private company to relieve traffic congestion and provide easier access to a major commercial tran...

  CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys face a midnight deadline for motions regarding the sentence they’d like former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to receive when his c...

(CHICAGO) Firefighters are battling a large fire that led to a HazMat situation at a Far South Side scrapyard Monday afternoon. Crews are at the scene of the scrapyard fire at 3033 E. 106th St., accor...

(CHICAGO) A naked man caused a disturbance Monday morning when he stole a landscaping truck from the Gold Coast neighborhood, crashed it on Lake Shore Drive, then jumped in Lake Michigan. Officers res...

A woman was killed and three other people were injured in a single-vehicle crash early Monday on the Bishop Ford Freeway. | Network Video Productions   (SOUTH HOLLAND) A woman was killed in a sin...

(CHICAGO) Marc Hamid's lawyers say the Chicago Cubs have a "reason to be angry" at the former Wrigleyville rooftop owner, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The one-time Skybox on Sheffield executive play...

(CHICAGO) Two people were arrested Sunday as about 100 protesters demonstrated in the Loop against the police shootings of African-American men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and outside St. Paul, Minneso...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois medical marijuana industry saw $2.57 million in retail sales during June, a sign of continuing steady growth of the retail market. The Illinois Department of Agriculture re...

By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS TRANQUIL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY ON THE RISE MONDAY WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE...