Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Illinois is getting high marks for the number of students earning top scores on advanced placement exams. The state ranked 11th in the nation for the percentage of hig...

By Ray Stagich, Weather Channel Meteorologist Chilly finish to the week. A big warm up by early next week….   Today | Cloudy. High near 40F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight | Cloudy skie...

By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) Another leading Hispanic politician is endorsing State House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) over his Hispanic challenger Jason Gonzales. First Jesus “Chuy&#...

By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has spent part of Friday campaigning in Illinois. Sanders addressed a crowd at Southern Illinois University at Edwards...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The first building isn’t scheduled to come down until April, but the developer of the old Children’s Memorial Hospital says the demolition will likely l...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Another day, another deadlock in Springfield, this time over the stalled state aid for colleges and universities. A new so-called “compromise” from t...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The woman known as the “Serial Stowaway” has been sentenced to six months of house arrest. Marilyn Hartman’s sentence come after her latest escapa...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Democratic Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is denouncing Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. Preckwinkle was asked on “The B...

(PARK RIDGE) A Park Ridge man who died Tuesday is the 15th cold-related death of the winter in Cook County. Corey Hamann, 27, was discovered in the parking lot behind an apartment building in the 0-10...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A former Chicago police officer was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for a 2012 videotaped beating of a convenience store clerk. Aldo Brown was found guil...