Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - Construction of a new training facility for the Chicago Blackhawks is getting started following a groundbreaking ceremony. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz took pa...

CHICAGO (AP) - The coordinator for Chicago’s upcoming gay pride parade says organizers will hire dozens more off-duty police officers than they did last year after city officials asked them to b...

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago is allowing several transgender students to have a voice in a lawsuit seeking to reverse a suburban school district’s policy allowing a transgender stud...

(CHICAGO) The agency that investigates Chicago police misconduct says it failed to act before the deadline to fire a commander accused of breaking a suspect’s nose. The Independent Police Review...

(CHICAGO) Gov. Bruce Rauner says many bond buyers support the pro-business changes he’s pushing and want to invest in Illinois despite its worst-in-the-nation credit rating. The Republican said ...

(CHICAGO) Ebony and Jet magazines, which have chronicled African-American life for the past 71 years, have been sold to an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm. Johnson Publishing Co. announced Tue...

(CHICAGO) The Chicago Public Library is giving away more than 1 million books to kids across the city to encourage them to read this summer and develop their own personal libraries. Commissioner Brian...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Wednesday, June 15, 2016 T-STORMS AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY- LIKE WARMTH AND HUMIDITY AROUND FOR ONE MORE DAY. A FEW STORMS COUL...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) Still no state budget deal, but it was a kinder, gentler Bruce Rauner who talked to Chicago reporters this afternoon. Gov. Rauner didn’t call House Spe...

From the Associated Press (WAUKEGAN) A judge has refused to dismiss criminal charges against the widow a suburban Chicago police officer who authorities say staged his suicide. Melodie Gliniewicz was ...