Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Julieta Moncada | Elgin police (ELGIN) An Elgin woman has been charged with repeatedly punching a man in the face and stealing his cellphone Sunday afternoon in the northwest suburb. Investigators wer...

(CHICAGO) A taxi driver was found shot to death inside his cab Monday morning in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the North Side. The 59-year-old was discovered unresponsive with a gunshot wound to ...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM CT Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 AFTER A QUIET START TO THE WORKWEEK, BIG CHANGES COMING OUR WAY AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TREK FROM TEXAS ...

(AURORA) A man has been charged with attempted murder for stabbing his ex-girlfriend during a domestic dispute Saturday afternoon in west suburban Aurora. Steven J. Karpinski, 40, was charged with att...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) is breaking from his party, saying President Barack Obama should choose a nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scali...

By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has called on the VA to fire its mental health director. Kirk has sent a letter to VA Secretary Bob McDonald Monday saying Dr. Mary Schohn should l...

By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) In the Chicago school financial crisis, Gov. Bruce Rauner is firing back at the Democrats. Democrats blame Rauner for blocking more money from Chicago school, but R...

Jamal Shells | Cook County sheriff’s office (SCHILLER PARK) Bond was set at $100,000 Sunday for a West Side man charged with promoting prostituting following an undercover operation by the Cook ...

(CHICAGO) Eight people were hurt when a car rear-ended a CTA bus in Brighton Park Sunday evening on the Southwest Side, authorities said. The bus was heading south on Western Avenue when a car with it...

By Geoff Maurer, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) It is going to feel more like February from today through next week as cooler air settles in.   Tonight | Mostly cloudy. Low 29F. Winds NN...