Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Metra has added an extra holiday-themed train to its schedule this season in response to popular demand. The extra train will depart from University Park Station at 4 p.m. Nov. 30 and then stop at the...

A migrant shelter at 162 E. Ohio St. will be closing Friday, after more than two years of operating. The shelter used to be the Inn of Chicago Hotel and was the largest shelter in the city, housing 15...

You can roll up your sleeves and do some good before the Northwestern homecoming at Wrigley Field. Abbott and the Big Ten are holding a blood drive Friday at the Friendly Confines. That's where the ga...

Nurses at The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, known as UI Health, wrapped up day one of their strike Wednesday afternoon. This is the second strike the union has gone on ...

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and nine other members of Congress are demanding the federal government provide a time line for ridding three downtown Chicago buildings and a courthouse in ...

New York-based venture Wonder has purchased the delivery company from Just Eat Takeaway.com for $650 million. The sale reflects a steep decline in valuation amid heavy competition for food delivery or...

UPDATE 4:45PM: Service is resuming on CTA Red Line trains after running on the elevated tracks this afternoon from the North Side to downtown, after an unauthorized person on the tracks in the Loop ne...

The Bears have made a move to address their struggling offense, announcing that offensive coordinator Shane Waldron has been fired. The Bears haven't scored a touchdown in their last 23 offensive driv...

An Elmhurst woman purchased a lottery ticket at her local grocery store...and then forgot about it. When she finally pulled out the ticket out of her purse and checked the numbers for the October 20th...

Metra has unveiled a specially painted train engine for Veterans Day that's set to enter service later this month, the transit agency said. The locomotive features a bald eagle on the front, with Amer...