Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

[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...

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...

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 ...

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,...

(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...

[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...

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...

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...

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...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois treasurer said he opposes a bill that would take away his office’s authority to hire auditors to help recover residents’ unclaimed property. Businesse...