Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the campaign for mayor, challenger and former police superintendent Garry McCarthy is accusing Mayor Emanuel of “pay-to-play politics.” McCarthy s...

(CHICAGO) Gov. Rauner says it’s “the right thing to do” for Illinois St Rep. Nick Sauer to resign, but the governor blames Speaker Madigan for the culture of sexual harrassment. What...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) North Lake Shore Dr. is expected to be a mess Thursday afternoon around 4 because another traffic-disrupting march is expected there, then heading across Belmont...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (ELGIN, Ill.) — Illinois children who are qualified medical cannabis patients will now have access to their medicine on school grounds. State Sen. Cristina Castro (...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform has filed a formal complaint with the state against challenger Willie Wilson for giving away mo...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Mayoral challenger Willie Wilson was again handing out money today, this time at the Cook County Treasurer’s office mwhere it’s deadline day ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A man, who was wearing a plastic bucket on his head when a large metal pin fell from Wrigley Field’s centerfield scoreboard during a Chicago Cubs game, says he feels lucky to be a...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, challenger Paul Vallas is using the draft of the Chicago Police Consent Decree against Mayor Emanuel. Vallas argues the consent decree isn...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the story of Thursday afternoon’s Lake Shore Drive March demanding the resignations of Mayor Emanuel and Police Supt Johnson, Bill Cameron notices one u...

CHICAGO (AP) - Less than 1 percent of Chicago’s residents have been issued a city ID card since the program launched this summer. The Chicago Tribune reports the city likely won’t reach it...