Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(CHICAGO) Add hotel destination to the list of identities Navy Pier has taken on since Chicago's famous lakefront attraction was built 100 years ago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that construct...

Heather A. Niemotka and Randy T. Pafford | Riverside police (BERWYN) A woman was arrested Thursday and charged with selling cocaine out of a west suburban Berwyn apartment, whose resident had hired th...

Alex Sawyer | Kankakee police (KANKAKEE) Bond was set at $5 million Thursday for a 61-year-old man charged with murder and arson in connection with a fire that left two young boys dead earlier this mo...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin’s attorney general has asked an appellate court for an emergency stay of a Dane County judge’s ruling striking down the state’s right-to-work law. Brad...

By DAVID MERCER, Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - When he took over the Chicago Bears in 2004 and again this spring when Illinois hired him, Lovie Smith broke new ground that came with his titl...

(CHICAGO) Demonstrators wearing chains briefly blocked traffic on Lake Shore Drive on Saturday, using the NFL's "Draft Town" as a backdrop to draw attention to police brutality and massive budget cuts...

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas greets supporters during a stop of his presidential campaign, Thursday April 28, 2016 at an Elkhart, Ind. restaurant. Cruz and his vice presid...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Bruce Rauner brushing off his noisy critics. Noisy demonstrators are an almost daily occurrence these days, protesting Rauner on various human services,...

Police initially said someone left Woodstock inside a pillowcase tied with duct tape along Route 14. Friday they said that story was a hoax. | Woodstock police  (WOODSTOCK) The story of a puppy b...

By Nick Gale, WLS News (SPRINGFIELD, IL) Students waiting for MAP Grants are starting to see some money. Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger on Thursday got out more than $160 million for MAP Grants. G...