Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Cubs to launch their own sports network
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs are launching their own sports network. President of business operations Crane Kenney said the team hopes to have it running in time for spring training next yea...
Jan 19, 2019
Chicago area battles bitter windchills, slick roads as snow piles
(CHICAGO) . Heavy snow, high-speed gusts and frigid temperatures pummeled the Chicago area late Friday in the region's first winter storm of 2019 and brought hazardous road conditions over the three-d...
Jan 19, 2019
Jason Van Dyke sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison
By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison, b...
Jan 18, 2019
Post acquittal, Emanuel assures city
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/01/18124548/BILL-RAHM-COPS-1-18.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is talking about the police trial developments. Speaking at the ...
Jan 18, 2019
Lightfoot: ‘No question there was a cover-up.’
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/01/18123739/Bill-Lightfoot-c2c.wav By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Taping Connected to Chicago for Sunday night at 7p, candidate for mayor Lori Lightfo...
Jan 18, 2019
UPDATE: O’Hare expansion project proposals are revealed
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, five architecture finalists have been chosen for the new Terminal 2 that’s part of the $8.5 billion O’Hare expansion. Sweeping sky-ligh...
Jan 17, 2019
O’Hare expansion proposals revealed
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The City of Chicago has chosen five architectural firms as finalists for the city’s $8.5 billion project to expand terminals at O’Hare airport. The t...
Jan 17, 2019
Pritzker signs gun control bill Rauner would have vetoed
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/01/17104443/Bill-Pritzker-1-17-2019.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At a bill-signing event featuring the state’s top Democrats, Governor Pri...
Jan 17, 2019
Your Password May Have Been Posted Online
You should be aware that millions of email addresses and passwords have been posted online and anyone can download them. It’s said that the data may be available for years by hackers looking for...
Jan 17, 2019
Child in Colorado Who Died of the Flu Only Partially Vaccinated
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has discovered that the child that passed away earlier this month from the flu wasn’t fully vaccinated for the illness. In order for the ...
Jan 17, 2019
