Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Quinn term limit initiative may have hit a legal snag
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former governor Pat Quinn’s petitions for a November referendum to limit Rahm Emanel and all mayors to two terms may have hit a snag. Quinn’s petitio...
Aug 14, 2018
Rauner on Madigan lawsuit: “ I hope they get to the truth of it”
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has long been a political target of Gov. Bruce Rauner, but the governor ratcheted it up a notch Monday, saying, "I hope he's been doing something illegal and I h...
Aug 14, 2018
City Hall fight looming over Ride Sharing services
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, a fight is brewing over propose limits on ride-sharing like Uber and Lyft. The idea is to do what New York City has just done, protect the cabbies ...
Aug 13, 2018
Emanuel: Neighborhoods, not more cops, kept weekend violence down
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Weekend violence in Chicago was down this past weekend compared to the bloodbath the weekend before, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel argues it not just because 600 additi...
Aug 13, 2018
Pharmacy techs indicted for stealing opioids
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A federal indictment alleges two technicians at a Chicago pharmacy stole more than 56,000 pills of Hydrocodone and sold them for a profit. The indictmen...
Aug 13, 2018
Pastor Lozano: ICE policy is “a form of terrorism”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A new “Keep Families Together” campaign against separating border families features testimony in city councils, county boards and other legislative b...
Aug 13, 2018
19 shot — 2 fatally — Friday in city gun violence
Police investigate a shooting about 10:30 p.m. Friday, August 10, 2018 in the 200 block of East 123rd St. in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times (CHICAGO) Chicago gun violence left two people d...
Aug 11, 2018
Chicago police plan to crack down on large parties before they get violent
After one of the bloodiest weekends ever in Chicago, Police are offering a plan to halt this kind of violence moving forward. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said that officers will crack down on ...
Aug 10, 2018
A milestone for Mustang and pick-ups as family vehicles
Photo Courtesy of Suburu and Drive Chicago By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) Ford has marked production of the 10 millionth Mustang with celebrations, this week, at the automaker’s headqu...
Aug 10, 2018
Chicago police to target ‘large, unsanctioned street parties’ in effort to combat violence
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson took another step aimed at preventing a repeat of last weekend's gun violence. Johnson said he will be cracking down on potentially dangerous large gatherings. The s...
Aug 10, 2018
