Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD, IL) The states’ credit rating has taken another big hit. Moody’s has dropped the state’s bond rating down to a couple notches above junk. S...

Authorities investigate an explosion inside an Evanston Target store Wednesday afternoon. | Evanston police (EVANSTON) A woman was taken into custody after a minor explosion inside the bathroom of a T...

Photo Courtesy: broadway In Chicago (Twitter)   (CHICAGO) The smash hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” is coming to Chicago, and Thursday morning the show’s producers announced tha...

Firefighters rescued a man from a pit under a grated sidewalk in River North early Thursday. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) A man was rescued from a pit under a grated sidewalk early Thursday i...

(CHICAGO) A 17-year-old boy was charged as an adult Wednesday night with shooting a 6-year-old girl in Logan Square on Monday. The teen, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, faces one...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) As the State of Illinois budget standoff drags on, former Republican Governor Jim Edgar is criticizing current Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. Edgar spoke at a...

(RIVERSIDE) Metra has announced that the BNSF Railway's Riverside Station ticket office will close Monday due to declining on-site ticket sales. Customers at the Riverside Station, at 90 Bloomingbank ...

(CHICAGO) The Chicago Post Office is helping to celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service with the dedication of a new stamp sheet. A ceremony for the National Parks “Forever” ...

Nichols Gregor | Chicago Police   (CHICAGO) The faces of the males using the urinal trough and stalls can be seen in several of the files and at least four of those seen in the videos appear to b...

(CHICAGO) Switching problems at Union Station during Monday evening's rush hour prompted Metra, Amtrak and BNSF to issue an apology for "unacceptable conditions." The problems affected riders on the B...