Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN IN AND SW MICHIGAN THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WHERE SOME ...

(NAPERVILLE) No one was injured Saturday in a Naperville fire that partially damaged a west suburban business. After receiving a call from an employee that there was smoke coming from a rear storage r...

Christine Taylor | DuPage County sheriff’s office (NAPERVILLE) A west suburban middle school teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy on New Year's Day has been ordered held on a...

UPDATES WITH DETAILS (CHICAGO) Three men were critically wounded in a shooting near a Gold Coast neighborhood hotel early Sunday. A 25-year-old was standing outside the W Chicago-Lakeshore hotel in th...

An SUV rests in the front rooms of a Glenview home after sliding off the driveway Sunday afternoon (Network Video Productions) (GLENVIEW) A driver lost control of an SUV on the icy driveway of a north...

By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING MONDAY. THE WORK WEEK BEGINS WITH COLDER THEN NORMAL BEFORE TEMPERATUR...

(OAK LAWN) A gas station in west suburban Oak Lawn sold a $700,000 winning lottery ticket for a New Year's Eve Lucky Day Lotto drawing. The winning Quick Pick ticket was bought Thursday at the Citgo a...

CHICAGO) In a year that put a national spotlight on Chicago and its handling of police-involved shootings, the city saw a rise in gun violence, according to crime statistics released Friday. The city ...

(CHICAGO) CTA riders will not have to pay for trains and buses over the New Year's holiday. Beginning 10 p.m. Thursday, all CTA trains and buses will be free to ride, according to a statement from the...

(SCHAUMBURG) If you bought a lottery ticket in northwest suburban Schaumburg around this time last year, now would be a good time to dig it up. A winning New Year's Raffle ticket worth $100,000 was so...