Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Kathryn Vasel (CNN) Six U.S. airlines are now cleared for takeoff to Cuba. The Department of Transportation approved American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Silver Airways, Southwest...

Heidi Schmidt | Evanston police(EVANSTON) A Humboldt Park woman has been charged with setting off a minor explosion inside the bathroom of a Target store Wednesday afternoon in north suburban Evanston...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) It’s a busy weekend in Chicago. Blues Fest, Ribfest, the Spring Awakening music fest and more are all happening this weekend. Because of the busy weekend, the...

By Ray Stagich, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Warm, humid and unstable starts from the south and west has moved into the area. Blazing hot, humid and stormy a times thru today. Cooler and dr...

By Nick Gale (EVANSTON) A Mississippi man who was wanted on federal drug charges has been arrested in Evanston. Police arrested 34-year-old Corey Eaton during a traffic stop earlier this week. Eaton w...

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...