Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Vallas proposes re-hiring detectives to combat city shootings
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Eddie Johnson are calling on people to come forward and tell police who’s responsible for the 11 murders among 74 shoot...
Aug 6, 2018
Emanuel and Johnson respond to weekend shootings
By Bill Cameron (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Eddie Johnson are making an impassioned plea for anyone who knows anything about 11 murders in 73 shootings over the week to come forward....
Aug 6, 2018
Report says 73 shot, eleven killed over violent Chicago weekend.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Chicago Tribune is reporting that 73 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, with at least eleven of them killed. The Tribune says 40 of the victims we...
Aug 6, 2018
Mundelein teen dies after being found unresponsive at Lollapalooza
CHICAGO - A teenage boy has died after being found unresponsive on the grounds at Lollapalooza. 16-year-old Evan Kitz-Miller of Mundelein was found in the 300 block of East Randolph Street around 8 p....
Aug 6, 2018
World’s Largest Golf Outing benefits Fisher House
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (RESTON, Va.) — This year's World's Largest Golf Outing, benefiting Fisher House Foundation, is set for Monday, and player registration and charity donations are in...
Aug 4, 2018
Latest jobs report shows slowed hiring
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding 157,000 jobs. While that is a solid gain, it is below the pace they maintained in the first half o...
Aug 3, 2018
Passenger on airliner that crashed in Mexico files lawsuit
[van id=”world/2018/07/31/aeromexico-confirms-accident-mexico-durango-latest-vpx.cnn”] CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man who was one of more than 100 survivors of a jet crash in Mexico...
Aug 3, 2018
Bill returns power to local liquor commissioners
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) - A new law signed Thursday by Gov. Bruce Rauner does away with liquor restrictions thought harmful to small business. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 prohibited...
Aug 2, 2018
Lollapalooza kicks off in Chicago with stepped-up security
CHICAGO (AP) - People attending this year’s Lollapalooza music festival in downtown Chicago are finding stricter rules and stepped-up security. The four-day event began Thursday. Headliners incl...
Aug 2, 2018
Emanuel trying to stop Obamacare rollback
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) President Trump is doing all he can to scale back Obamacare, but at City Hall Mayor Emanuel is trying to stop him. City Hall is joining a few other cities in a l...
Aug 2, 2018
