Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) does have a primary election challenger for state representative named Jason Gonzales who is much more than a tok...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the Springfield impasse, the Civic Federation is out with a new “road-map” to rescue the state’s dire financial position. This road-map call...

(CHICAGO) Chicago Police Interim Supt. John Escalante was the first police officer to respond to an armed robbery Thursday evening at a beauty supply store in the Little Village neighborhood on the So...

(CHICAGO) A Milwaukee man was convicted in federal court Thursday of taking a 15-year-old girl from Wisconsin to Illinois, where he forced her into prostitution. After a three-day trial, 32-year-old D...

(SKOKIE) CTA Yellow Line train service was temporarily suspended Thursday night after a train derailed in north suburban Skokie. A southbound Yellow Line train derailed near the Dempster-Skokie statio...

(CHICAGO) Former state Rep. Keith Farnham has been sued while he languishes in prison by two minors who claim they appear in child pornography found on the Elgin Democrat's computer. The minors sued F...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The aunt of a teen accused in the shooting death of 14-year-old Endia Martin has been charged in federal court. Our Nick Gale has more… Federal prosecutors sa...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the continuing fight between Mayor Rahm Emanuel & the Chicago Teachers Union, the union claims the mayor is exaggerating something again. CTU is complaini...

By John Demspey. WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A Chicago Federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from a former city official, who says he was fired for finding several police shootings unjustified. Judge Charl...

(CHICAGO) Counterfeiters peddled phony tickets to Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks games and funneled the proceeds back to their street gang, authorities said Tuesday after a 14-month investigation. Sixtee...