Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Emanuel defends his support of Uber and Lyft
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is upping his defense of Uber and Lyft as a couple of aldermen want to clamp down on them. Aldermen Burke and Beale want to limit the number o...
Aug 21, 2018
Chicago’s First Indoor Track Facility Breaks Ground
CHICAGO (CBS) - Chicago's Southside will soon be home to a brand new, indoor track. It will be the first of its kind in the city. The $28 million facility will feature a multi-level, six-lane track, s...
Aug 20, 2018
Indiana bishop to name priests removed for child sex abuse
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana bishop says he’ll publicly release the names of all the priests in his Catholic diocese who’ve been removed from the ministry following allegations they ...
Aug 17, 2018
The new Bullitt, and the role of social media in the auto industry
2018 Jaguar XF-Sportbrake By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 (CHICAGO) The Toyota Sienna got a thumbs-down on the latest passenger-side small overlap front crash test done by the Insurance Institut...
Aug 17, 2018
Sexual Misconduct Report: “Systemic deficiencies” at Chicago Public Schools
(CHICAGO) Preliminary findings are in from an independent review of how the Chicago Public Schools sexual misconduct scandal happened. It’s a scathing report. Former prosecutor Maggie Hickey say...
Aug 17, 2018
UPDATE: Boy fatally shot, another wounded at East Garfield Park basketball tournament
Police investigate a shooting about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, August 16, 2018 in the 100 block of North Central Park Ave in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times (CHICAGO) A teenage boy was killed and anoth...
Aug 17, 2018
Friday thunderstorms will give way to sunny skies in time for Air & Water Show
(CHICAGO) While thunderstorms might dampen Friday's practice show, sunny skies and warm temperatures are in store for the 60th annual Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. The National Weather Serv...
Aug 17, 2018
Pritzker fires back, calls Rauner “incompetent”, “unhinged”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Today was Democrats day at the State Fair in Springfield. Challenger JB Pritzker fired up the troops by calling businessman Gov. Bruce Rauner “managerially...
Aug 16, 2018
Ald. Willie Cochran intends to plead guilty to corruption charges
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Indicted Alderman Willie Cochran’s defense attorney told a judge in federal court today that the alderman is planning to plead guilty in a plea deal. Alder...
Aug 15, 2018
Protest planned for Labor Day on road leading to O’Hare
By Bill Cameron (CHICAGO) At City Hall, it's been learned that another protest demanding the resignations of the mayor and his police superintendent is planned for another highway. Bolstered by the lo...
Aug 15, 2018
