The Senate is nearing final passage Wednesday of an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete ...

This Christmas, WGN Radio will once again air the Dusty Rhodes Christmas Specials commercial-free beginning Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 2pm through Friday, Dec. 26 at 4am. The commercial-free ...

Last Saturday marked 38 years since WGN’s tv signals were hijacked in the “Max Headroom” incident. On November 22nd, 1987 someone, dressed as “Max Headroom,” hacked into the signal at WGN and PBS.

From Star Wars to Jaws, some of the most iconic movie lines were actually unscripted. Larry runs through some of the best. Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — When their tax bills arrive, Cook County homeowners may be in for a big surprise, according to an analysis by the office of Treasurer Maria Pappas. After a monthslong delay, the second ...

FREEPORT, Ill. — Former Chicago radio personality Joe “JoBo” Colborn from the famed show “Eddie & JoBo” has died at the age of 70. In an update, the Stephenson County Coroner tells WGN, “there was no ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Mercedes Wells and her husband Leon sat inside a Chicago law firm on Tuesday, contemplating action against a local hospital just days after giving birth. It was around midnight ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Morgan Geyser, the woman convicted in the Wisconsin Slender Man stabbing a decade ago, appeared in a Chicago courtroom Monday after escaping her group home Saturday. Police in Madison, ...

It’s that time of year again! Once again, WGN is featuring the most well-decorated homes around Chicagoland this holiday season. And Marcus Leshock from the WGN Morning News will be picking some of ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a Metra train on the South Side in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood, according to the train transportation company. A Metra Spokesperson ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — A Chicago Ridge woman accused in a 2023 drunken crash in unincorporated Winfield that claimed the lives of siblings received a decadeslong prison sentence on Monday.

Catchy jingles. Pithy slogans. They help tell stories and sell products. But advertising wasn’t always colorful or memorable. The modern form of advertising came into existence in large part due to ...