Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Bruce Rauner has granted six and denied 150 clemency petitions and also granted one commutation. His office says about 500 petitions remain from previous a...

By Scott Zamost and Drew Griffin (CNN Investigations) Aviation police officers in Chicago are sitting targets for potential terrorists because they don’t carry guns and are told to run and hide ...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) With the blessing of a legislative panel, the Illinois State Museum in Springfield reopens today, but there is a catch. The museum will start charging an admission ...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago police will be increasing the number of officers on foot and bike patrol this holiday weekend. Chicago’s Top Cop Eddie Johnson says he is using every ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS- AM News (CHICAGO) The long-awaited state budget deal gets the schools open on time and provides for six months of essential services, but it also gives Mayor Rahm Emanuel a big e...

(CHICAGO) Barack Obama’s presidential library on Chicago’s South side will be designed by a New York architectural firm that designed the David Logan Center for the Arts at the University ...

(SPRINGFIELD) A bill extending Illinois’ medical marijuana program by 2 years has been signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner. In addition to extending the pilot program, the bill signed Thursday by Rauner...

(CHICAGO) Illinois lawmakers were moved to compromise on a stopgap budget after a year-and-a-half stalemate by a powerful force: a high-stakes November election and a voting public one legislator desc...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Geoff Maurer WLS-AM Morning Forecast July 1, 2016 After a breezy & cool start to July, temperatures will warm up from this weekend into the 4th on Monday….. To...

(CHICAGO) Chicago Police are warning downtown diners about a pair of strong-arm robberies inside Loop restaurants since late May. One or more people presenting themselves as "distributors of fundraisi...