Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Illinois House OKs plan to abolish Tollway board
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House has approved a measure that would allow the incoming governor to replace the members of the Illinois Tollway board. The House voted 100-6 Tuesday to allow D...
Jan 08, 2019
Final payday for TSA screeners, Duckworth sounds alarm
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Today is the final payday for TSA screeners at the airports and Democratic Sen Tammy Duckworth is sounding an alarm. TSA screeners understandably want to get pai...
Jan 07, 2019
Pritzker seeks pay hike to lure cabinet talent
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The House Executive Committee has approved a plan pushed by the incoming governor to increase salaries he can offer his cabinet. The committee voted unanimously Monday to incr...
Jan 07, 2019
E-Cigarette Battery Causes Fire On American Airlines Flight
Are flaming e-cigarettes the new exploding cell phones? An overheating battery on a passenger’s e-cigarette caused a small fire on an American Airlines jet late on Friday. None of the 138 passen...
Jan 07, 2019
After 2 Delays, Death Row Inmate Kills Himself
A Nevada death row inmate whose execution was postponed twice has killed himself in prison. Scott Dozier, 48, was found dead of an apparent hanging Saturday in his cell at the Ely maximum security pri...
Jan 07, 2019
Engagement Ring Lost on New Year’s Eve Found in Times Square Sewer
After ringing in the New Year the wrong way, a couple who attended this year’s Times Square celebration has been reunited with their lost engagement ring. After an alert New York police officer ...
Jan 07, 2019
Sitter Disguised Dead Infant to Make him Look Like he was Asleep
A Wisconsin woman has been charged with first-degree murder after police say she killed a baby she was watching and then hid the death by making it look as if the infant was asleep. In her initial cou...
Jan 07, 2019
Half of People Who Think They Have a Food Allergy-Don’t
Do you think you have a food allergy or do you KNOW you have a food allergy? In a recent study of 40,000 adults, only half of the adults had actually been diagnosed by a doctor. The other half were se...
Jan 07, 2019
House Democrats Move To Eliminate Electoral College
House Democrats are moving quickly on some major changes in the opening days of the 116th Congress. On Thursday, Rep. Steve Cohen introduced a bill that would eliminate the Electoral College. Cohen ca...
Jan 07, 2019
Double Doink: Bears fall to Eagles
By BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Nick Foles hit Golden Tate with a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 56 seconds remaining against the NFL’s stingiest defense...
Jan 06, 2019
