Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Rauner denounces policy of separating families
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Rauner is joining the chorus of leaders denouncing the Trump administration for separating children from their illegal immigrant parents at the Mexican ...
Jun 19, 2018
Rauner and Emanuel laud each other at U of I announcement
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Rauner, Mayor Emanuel and other dignitaries gathered in the South Loop to formally announce the new University of Illinois Digital Partners Institute fo...
Jun 19, 2018
Preckwinkle: No new county taxes or fees planned for 2019
The county budget briefing was held behind this closed door with an unexplained office title. (Photo Credit – Bill Cameron WLS-AM News) By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Cook County ...
Jun 19, 2018
Quigley: Trump has made our nation “sick”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Congressman Mike Quigley says President Trump has made our nation “sick.” At the City Club, Quigley argued that Trump policies like aggravati...
Jun 18, 2018
Red Cross: Safeguard Against Soaring Temps
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois wants to remind everyone to be safe in the heat as temperatures promise to rise this weekend. Su...
Jun 16, 2018
Lake County Warns Of Jury Duty Scam
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WAUKEGAN, IL) — Lake County’s 19th Judicial Circuit Court's Jury Commission says it has received notification of several occurrences where individuals had be...
Jun 15, 2018
Musk: High speed transit tunnel travel safer than roads
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) One of the interesting issues with Elon Musk’s high speed O'Hare to Downtown transit tunnel proposal is safety. Doing 150 miles an hour in a tunnel doesn&#...
Jun 15, 2018
Auto Sales, The New Ram 1500, and Father’s Day Auto Gifts
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) SUV and truck sales have been fueling the auto industry’s success and our “Drive Chicago” show, which airs on Saturday mornings, takes a...
Jun 15, 2018
Emanuel plans for high speed express train to O’Hare
This undated artist’s rendering provided by The Boring Company, shows an electric public transportation vehicle that is part of a proposed high-speed underground transportation system that will ...
Jun 14, 2018
Gutierrez: “Cruel kind of evil separating a child from their mother.”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Separating children from their parents who are seeking asylum at the Mexican border has become a gigantic election year issue, and a Chicago congressman is at th...
Jun 14, 2018
