Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Vallas vows more police, more communication
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas has unveiled his public safety plan. More cops including more detectives with more supervisors, all better trained are what...
May 14, 2018
Rauner proposes tough fines for public corruption
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) Governor Rauner is proposing big increases in fines for public corruption. Now that the legislative deadlines have passed for reforms like term limits and fa...
May 11, 2018
New American Airlines gates open at O’Hare
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) For the first time in 25 years, they’ve snipped the ribbon on new gates at O'Hare and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking full political advantage of it. Just abo...
May 11, 2018
104-year-old scientist David Goodall ends life listening to ‘Ode to Joy’
[van id=”health/2018/05/08/choosing-to-die-david-goodall-104-years-old-euthanasia-bell-pkg.cnn”] By Sheena McKenzie A 104-year-old Australian scientist who had campaigned for the legalizat...
May 11, 2018
Trump projects party unity at Indiana rally
By Kevin Liptak and Eli Watkins President Donald Trump worked to project party unity and forward momentum during a political rally in Elkhart, Indiana, on Thursday night after a bitter GOP primary bat...
May 11, 2018
Rep. Gutierrez passes on presidential bid, will focus on mobilizing Latino voters
By Mark Preston Retiring Rep. Luis Gutierrez has decided against seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and instead will focus his efforts on mobilizing Latino voters in key swing states in th...
May 11, 2018
Former Congressman Sentenced to Six Months
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former congressman Mel Reynolds is heading back to prison for not paying federal taxes. Judge Robert Gettleman told Reynolds that it’s a “tragedy&...
May 11, 2018
Candidate Lightfoot on the issues
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Where is the latest candidate for mayor Lori Lightfoot on the issues? On the issues, Lori Lightfoot is a progressive, as in the state income tax. “I will s...
May 11, 2018
Lightfoot vows to end Emanuel’s Game of Thrones style’
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot made it official today by announcing for mayor of Chicago. Lightfoot was introduced as a “movement mom...
May 10, 2018
Downtown alderman calls for more police to fight flash mobs
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) As the weather has gotten warmer in Chicago recently, there has been an increasing number of incidents of teenagers attacking people and causing chaos on the Gol...
May 09, 2018
