Category Archives: Recently On WLS-AM
DCFS Gets Major Funding Increase
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The new state budget includes more money to better support the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The hope is that an increase to the ...
Jun 7, 2019
Willie Wilson forms a PAC
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/06/07103131/Bill-Willie-Wilson-PAC.mp3
Jun 7, 2019
Gov Pritzker signs $40 billion state budget
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/06/05163929/Bill-Pritzker-Signs-Budget.mp3
Jun 5, 2019
Mayor says airports won’t become gambling dens under new expansion of gambling
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/06/03140311/Bill-Lightfoot-Casino.mp3
Jun 3, 2019
North Chicago Sex Trafficker Sentenced
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO, Ill.) — A federal judge has sentenced a North Chicago man to 27 and a half years in prison for attempting to transport a minor to Wisconsin to engage in p...
Jun 3, 2019
Ald Ed Burke indicted with new bribery and racketeering charges
Edward M. Burke: Public Statement Regarding Indictment Issued by Counsel for Edward M. Burke For over 50 years, Ed Burke has served the citizens of the 14th Ward and the City of Chicago honorably and ...
May 30, 2019
Flooding Prompts Call For National Guard
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is activating the National Guard to help with flooding conditions downstate. He says conditions are becoming more ...
May 30, 2019
Gov Pritzker “pretty confident” a big gaming bill will make it to his desk
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/05/30115937/Bill-Big-Gaming-Bill.mp3
May 30, 2019
Mayor Lightfoot reports 43 shot, 5 died in Memorial Day weekend violence
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/05/28142033/Bill-Lori-Weekend-Violence.mp3
May 28, 2019
Limited Parking at Starved Rock This Weekend
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (UTICA, Ill.) — Visitors to Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, and throughout the busy summer months, shoul...
May 24, 2019
