Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
UPDATE: Chicago Police officer fatally shot at Thompson Center
(CHICAGO) A high-ranking Chicago Police officer was shot fatally Tuesday afternoon at the Thompson Center downtown, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The officer was shot by an "assailant" while ass...
Feb 13, 2018
Woman who accuses former consultant to Madigan speaks out
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The woman who accused a former political consultant of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) says party officials took too long to respond to her compl...
Feb 13, 2018
Clock ticking as senators search for an immigration plan that can pass
By Lauren Fox The Senate will embark on a free-wheeling immigration debate this week, testing the limits of whether there is still a political center on the contentious issue in the era of Pres...
Feb 13, 2018
Illinois courts adjusting to state’s new bail reform law
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Courts across Illinois have had about a month to adjust to the requirements of the new bail reform law that took effect Jan. 1. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the Bail Reform Act in the ...
Feb 13, 2018
O’Hare gets EPA grant to reduce carbon emissions
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport will receive a $640,000 grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to buy zero emissions ground support equipment. City of...
Feb 13, 2018
Garry McCarthy inching closer to running for Mayor
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former Chicago top cop Garry McCarthy is sounding more and more like he is going to run for Mayor next year against Rahm Emanuel, the man who fired McCarthy in 2...
Feb 12, 2018
Only 3 doctors have joined wage-discrimination lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Attorneys for Southern Illinois University School of Medicine indicate they will ask a judge to dismiss part of a lawsuit alleging wage discrimination because few female docto...
Feb 12, 2018
Sheriff warns of fake IRS agent phone scam in Cook County
(CHICAGO) The Cook County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a scammer posing as an IRS agent over the phone. The automated phone call warns of an arrest warrant that can be resolved by calling ...
Feb 12, 2018
U of I team studying spread of information on social media
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois researchers are using a $4 million grant to study how information moves across social media, affecting people’s beliefs and shaping events. Computer Sc...
Feb 12, 2018
Powerful former Chicago union boss banished from Teamsters
CHICAGO (AP) - One of Chicago’s most powerful labor leaders before he was indicted on federal charges of extorting $325,000 from a film studio in the city has been banished from the Teamsters Un...
Feb 11, 2018
