Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago sees drop in percentage of teens using cigarettes
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago public health officials say the city’s teen youth smoking rate has fallen to an all-time low. The Chicago Department of Public Health said Monday that according to its Hea...
Jan 31, 2018
Thousands to share in Chicago red-light camera settlement
CHICAGO (AP) - About 40 percent of 1.2 million motorists denied due process after being ticketed from Chicago’s red light and speed-cameras are claiming a share of the settlement. The Chicago Su...
Jan 31, 2018
Dems dissing Rauner before today’s State of the State address
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Now that President Trump's first State of the Union Address is in the books, it’s time for the State of the State address to be delivered at noon today by ...
Jan 31, 2018
Vallas Out at Chicago State University
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Word of Paul Vallas possibly launching a challenge to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, prompted Chicago State University trustees to spring to action. They hav...
Jan 30, 2018
Illinois consistent nationwide for cold-related deaths
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal agency reports that Illinois was consistently in the top five states nationwide for cold-related deaths per year from 1999 until 2016. Data from the Centers for Disease Contro...
Jan 30, 2018
RTA’s Dillard: Gas tax increase needed for Trump infrastructure push
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Trump is expected to talk up a $1.7 billion infrastructure initiative. How to pay for it is the big ques...
Jan 30, 2018
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
