Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(CHICAGO) The Ohio Street feeder ramp to and from the Kennedy and Dan Ryan expressway will be closed for maintenance for several hours early Sunday. The ramp will be shut down in both the eastbound an...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Just because Illinois lawmakers approved a stopgap budget doesn’t necessarily mean that motorists will again receive reminders in the mail that it’s time to renew ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police are working in pairs to increase their safety following the fatal shooting of Dallas officers during a protest of police shooting deaths of black men in Louisiana and Min...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast 7/8/16 Quieter and less humid weather Friday into the weekend. Today | Areas of fog early, becoming sunny this afternoon. High 87F. Winds W a...

By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) President Obama is attending the NATO summit in Poland, and spoke publicly early this morning on the horrific events in Dallas that happened late last night. ...

(PALOS PARK) One home invader was killed and another injured when a homeowner opened fired on the intruders Tuesday night near southwest suburban Palos Park. The shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. at ...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois Republican U.S. Senator Mark Kirk says it seems to him like “crimes were committed”, in the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s han...

(CHICAGO) The city of Chicago says it has reached an agreement with Pfizer committing the drugmaker to disclosing the risks of addiction in its marketing of prescription opioid painkillers. Chicago is...

(CHICAGO) Illinois regulators are stopping a struggling insurance company from paying $31.8 million it owes the federal government in a move meant to protect the insurer’s more than 40,000 custo...

(SPRINGFIELD) A University of Illinois Springfield professor and the Illinois Audubon Society are partnering to relocate endangered birds to the state. Ten 6-week-old ospreys were being transported to...