Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Kennedy to Pritzker: Drop out of race for Governor
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Democrat Chris Kennedy has a self-serving suggestion for his rival JB Pritzker. Kennedy is so confident on the day after his aggressive performance in Wednesday&...
Mar 15, 2018
Illinois gun range to offer free classes to teachers
[van id=”us/2018/03/13/texas-teachers-gun-training-jnd-orig-vstan.cnn”] CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) - Training slots are filling up quickly at a suburban gun range in Illinois that is offering...
Mar 15, 2018
Gun curbs get Illinois Senate OK, wait-period plan to Rauner
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate has adopted a ban on bump stocks, an age limit to own assault-style weapons and an extended waiting period for delivery of high-capacity weapons. The votes...
Mar 15, 2018
Kennedy tells Pritzker: “Please stop running those lies”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The three leading Democrats for Governor in the March 20th Primary debated on Channel 11 Wednesday night, and some analysts are saying Chris Kennedy did himself ...
Mar 15, 2018
Schwarber gets $604,500 salary in deal with Cubs
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Kyle Schwarber has a $604,500 salary in the major leagues as part of the one-year contract the Chicago Cubs announced last weekend. The outfielder’s salary would drop to $271,...
Mar 15, 2018
Preckwinkle mum on charges of political cover-up
(CHICAGO) There’s a new flap in the campaign for Cook County Board President and some are calling kind of comical. The morning after the 2016 election, the abandoned county car of Preckwinkle...
Mar 15, 2018
Dog bound for Kansas ends up in Japan
[van id=”us/2018/03/14/kansas-dog-shipped-to-japan-united-airlines-nr.cnn”] HOUSTON (AP) - United Airlines wrongly shipped a Kansas-bound pet dog to Japan, the second incident this week fo...
Mar 14, 2018
Ives on Rauner gun veto: “We have put him in a box.”
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s conservative primary challenger Jeanne Ives is claiming credit for Rauner’s veto of a bill that would have the State...
Mar 14, 2018
Defunct funeral home employee charged over ‘pre-need’ funds
HOBART, Ind. (AP) - The former treasurer of a defunct northern Indiana funeral home faces felony charges for allegedly misusing funds set aside for customers’ funerals. A Lake County judge enter...
Mar 14, 2018
Student Walkout Today
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) - Students across Chicago and the suburbs plan to walk out of class Wednesday. The walkouts are planned for 17 minutes to honor the 17 Parkland, Florida high sc...
Mar 14, 2018
