Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Union Station redevelopment: “We have some more work to do.”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The architectural design is out for the redevelopment of Union Station and officials are saying it’s still a work in progress. Looks like the Northbrook Li...
Jun 26, 2018
Vallas proposal to combat lead in Chicago drinking water
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayoral challenger Paul Vallas is out with a proposal to combat lead in Chicago’s drinking water. Some are saying it would come at a cost to most homeowner...
Jun 26, 2018
Chicago Pastor stripped of religious duties
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) The pastor of a Chicago Roman Catholic Church has been stripped of his religious duties after an investigation, by a religious order, into allegations of impro...
Jun 26, 2018
Burke: maintains attendance record, will snub Pope
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News At City Hall, Ald Ed Burke has made an interesting decision about whether to be part of an audience with the Pope in Rome on Wednesday. Burke’s wife Anne is co-found...
Jun 26, 2018
Ex-priest who abused child allowed access to Chicago schools
FILE – In this Sept. 26, 2016 file photo Eric Johnson pauses during a news conference in front of his childhood portrait and a portrait of former priest Father Bruce Wellems at an office in Chic...
Jun 23, 2018
Karen Lewis stepping down, vows not to be quiet about Rahm
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis says she’s stepping down and retiring because of her continuing battle with brain cancer, but Bill Cameron say...
Jun 22, 2018
Karen Lewis To Retire
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has submitted her retirement papers. They were filed Friday. Lewis tells the Chicago Tribune that, “I...
Jun 22, 2018
Flooding affects Chicago area
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Heavy rains continued to pound the Chicago area on Friday morning. The Chicago Transit Authority announced it was suspending service on the Yellow Line because o...
Jun 22, 2018
J.D Power Survey, Road Trip Vehicles, and the BMW X2 on Drive Chicago Saturday
Photo credit: BMW and DriveChicago By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) Automakers improve quality to a record level in an annual survey that looks at the number of problems experienced within the...
Jun 22, 2018
AG Madigan Opposed To Sinclair – Tribune Deal
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Attorney General Lisa Madigan Thursday filed a petition urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny the proposed merger between the Tribune Med...
Jun 21, 2018
