Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

(CHICAGO) A 45-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday night in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police. She was crossing the street in the 8100 b...

Harvey Ald. Lamont Brown is a convicted felon | (LB International) (HARVEY) A south suburban alderman who is already a convicted felon is now facing new misdemeanor charges after an altercation at a g...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 1-3″ of snow and ice expected this morning…creating slippery travel! SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2016 ...

(CHICAGO) Freezing rain will spread across the Chicago area Monday night and turn into snow by Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Beginning about 9 p.m., a winter storm warnin...

( Charles Wade | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Charles Wade, 26, was charged with false impersonation of a police officer and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with body armor, both felonies, according t...

(CHICAGO) Chicago Police have arrested 74 people for drug and gang activity and seized guns, vehicles, cigarettes and cash. Police, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives a...

By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) In the Chicago school financial crisis, CPS has announced another round of layoffs. This time it’s another $85 millions worth of cuts with 62 employees gettin...

By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAHO) In the race for president, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Donald Trump is playing with “Dark Forces.” This after Trump insists that he has disavowed white supr...

By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Hospital officials today have confirmed the first case of Zika Virus in Chicago. Officials at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital a woman in her 30’s had recently tra...

Guns seized by Illinois State Police in first week of Chicago Expressway Anti-Violence Surge | Illinois State Police (CHICAGO) Illinois State Police seized seven guns in the first week of their new Ch...