Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Senate advances ban those under 21 buying tobacco
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois senate committee has endorsed raising the age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. The Senate Public Health Committee voted 6-2 Tuesday to send the measure to the fl...
Feb 07, 2018
Pritzker apologizes for comments on race
CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker is apologizing for racially insensitive comments captured on a FBI wiretap between him and then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Pritzker said ...
Feb 07, 2018
Officer accused of sharing alleged white supremacist posts
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors have reached a last minute plea bargain with a black man after his attorneys discovered alleged white supremacist social media posts involving a potential key witnes...
Feb 06, 2018
Candidate Drury’s name can remain on ballot during appeal
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge says attorney general candidate Scott Drury’s name can remain on ballots for the March 20 primary while a decision to remove his name from the ballot is being appealed. A ...
Feb 06, 2018
Some Early Voting Delayed
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Early voting could be delayed because of candidate ballot challenges across parts of the Chicago area. Early voting is supposed to kick off on Thursday ...
Feb 06, 2018
After closing record schools, Chicago’s new plan draws fury
By SOPHIA TAREEN and DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Five years after the largest mass closure of public schools in an American city, Chicago is forging ahead with a plan to shutter four m...
Feb 06, 2018
Snowfall Monday could make driving conditions difficult
CHICAGO (AP) - The National Weather Service says snowfall in Chicago and other parts of northern Illinois could create hazardous conditions on roads heading into the workweek. Up to five inches of sno...
Feb 05, 2018
Holocaust denier could be GOP nominee for Congress
Video courtesy of Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO (AP) - An outspoken Holocaust denier is likely to appear on the November ballot as the Republican nominee for a Chicago-area congressional district. The Chi...
Feb 05, 2018
How Illinois governor candidates would fix transportation
By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Anyone who’s driven across Illinois on crumbling highways, commuted on regularly delayed Metra trains or sat for hours on congested expressways k...
Feb 05, 2018
Winter Weather Advisory starts at noon – 3 to 5 inches of snow possible
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Todd Borek **MORE SNOW ON THE WAY TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY UNTIL 12AM TUESDAY. 3-5 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE DURING THE PM HOURS MO...
Feb 05, 2018
