Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - Financial documents show that the pension fund for Chicago Public Schools teachers is an additional $1 billion in debt due to less aggressive investment return estimates. The Chicago Tr...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel has another challenger in next February’s election. African-American entrepreneur Willie Wilson is running against Rahm again. Willie Wilson ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) There was a contentious City Council Aviation Committee meeting over who gets the contracts for the $8.5 billion O'Hare Airport expansion. Black and brown alderm...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The big Chicago Riverwalk project called Art on the Mart has been approved by a city council committee and a date has been announced for when the attraction will...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicagoans who can hop on a bike, ride it around and park it somewhere else in the city may soon be able to do the same thing with a car. The City Council this week will consider a prop...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Ten years after the indoor smoking ban was enacted in Illinois, it has become part of everyday life. The statewide ban went into effect on Jan. 1, 2008, The (Springfield) Stat...

CHICAGO (AP) - A man with a loaded handgun, wearing a bullet proof vest and carrying a bag of SWAT equipment authorities believe was stolen from New York City police has been arrested at Chicago’...

(ATLANTA, GA) Loyola-Chicago continued its improbable postseason run, beating Kansas State 78-62 on Saturday night to advance to its first Final Four in 55 years. Extending its winning streak to 14 ga...

By JOHN O’CONNOR, AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration hasn’t recouped $76 million in overpayments to private Medicaid-program insurers dat...

[van id=”us/2018/03/24/march-for-our-lives-aerials-orig-llr.cnn”] Thousands took to the streets and demanded gun control in the nationwide March for Our Lives movement.   CHICAGO (AP)...