Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Rauner: ‘No private business’ discussed at meeting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner says “no private business was conducted on public property” when he met with a former business partner at the Executive Mansion in May 2015. But ...
Jan 30, 2018
U of Illinois realignment effort to be completed this summer
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois officials say the state’s three-university system is in the final stage of an administrative realignment. University President Tim Killeen says the goa...
Jan 30, 2018
Serial stowaway arrested again at O’Hare
(CHICAGO) Serial stowaway Marilyn Hartman was arrested at O'Hare Airport early Sunday, less than a week after she allegedly slipped past security and airline employees and flew from Chicago to London ...
Jan 29, 2018
Illinois starts accepting state tax returns today
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state of Illinois will start accepting income returns for 2017 on Monday, the same day the federal government begins accepting returns. The Illinois Department of Revenue ...
Jan 29, 2018
Illinois officer faces several surgeries after head-on crash
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) - Officials say a southwestern Illinois police officer will need several surgeries after a head-on crash that killed the other driver. The mayor of Pontoon Beach says Officer ...
Jan 29, 2018
Colder, chance for late lake effect snow
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Jeff Eno TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SETTLES IN SUNDAY…CHANCES FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW INCREASING LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ESPECIALLY FOR INDIANA Today|Partly sunn...
Jan 28, 2018
Illinois agency picks Boston company for opioid helpline
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Human Services has hired a Boston-based company to run an opioid help hotline, despite receiving proposals from at least three Illinois providers. Go...
Jan 27, 2018
Sears is at risk of default, and shares plunged to record lows
By Chris Isidore Sears is at risk of defaulting on its debt according to credit rating agency Standard & Poors. And that sent its already battered stock to record lows Friday. S&P downgraded S...
Jan 26, 2018
Faculty, students protest Bannon invitation to U of Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - University of Chicago faculty and students are protesting an invitation to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon to participate in a debate on immigration and globalization. ...
Jan 26, 2018
Report: Immigration crackdown could cost Illinois a congressional seat
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A new report says Illinois could lose at least one congressional seat after the upcoming census, because of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrat...
Jan 26, 2018
