Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Sears staves off liquidation, stores to remain open
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Sears will live on- at least for now. The company’s chairman and largest shareholder, Eddie Lampert, won a bankruptcy auction for Sea...
Jan 16, 2019
Lightfoot says feds have handed Burke an opening
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Lori Lightfoot has a new and unusual take on the attempted extortion charge against Ald. Ed Burke. Lightfoot has been very tough on Ed Bur...
Jan 16, 2019
Wilson drops challenge to Brown’s mayoral nominating petitions
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/01/15150441/Bill-Willie-Loves-Dorothy.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Willie Wilson has decided to drop his challenge to Dor...
Jan 16, 2019
Evanston offers help to furloughed employees
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (EVANSTON, Ill.) — Residents of Evanston who are employed by the federal government and not receiving their paychecks may qualify for the city’s Emergency Ass...
Jan 15, 2019
Chico disavows Burke support
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Gery Chico is dumping on his former boss, the now charged Ald Ed Burke. Chico used to work for Burke, but repudiated him during an appeara...
Jan 15, 2019
More Salt, Sugar and Fat in School Lunches with New Rules
The dairy industry will be making a bigger impact on school lunches moving forward. This could mean more salt, sugar and fat being including in kids’ lunches. The Obama-era changes to school lun...
Jan 15, 2019
J B Pritzker sworn-in as governor
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/01/14123914/Bill-Pritzker-Inauguration.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD, IL) Democrat J B Pritzker is now governor of Illinois. He took the oath ...
Jan 14, 2019
