Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
CPS Sex scandal: Alleged victim blames Mayor Emanuel
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the Chicago Public Schools sex abuse scandal, two alleged victims of sexual predators gave emotional testimony and one of them blamed Mayor Emanuel. In a legi...
Jun 20, 2018
Proposal to rename Balbo Drive stalls at City Hall
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The proposal to replace the name of Balbo Dr. for the civil rights icon Ida B. Wells has stalled at City Hall. Ida B. Wells Dr was supposed to get a hearing here...
Jun 20, 2018
McCarthy compares Emanuel’s policies to separating families at Mexican border
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, challenger Garry McCarthy called reporters to the mayor’s office door at City Hall. McCarthy’s first day back to City Hall sin...
Jun 20, 2018
Rauner denounces policy of separating families
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Rauner is joining the chorus of leaders denouncing the Trump administration for separating children from their illegal immigrant parents at the Mexican ...
Jun 19, 2018
Rauner and Emanuel laud each other at U of I announcement
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Rauner, Mayor Emanuel and other dignitaries gathered in the South Loop to formally announce the new University of Illinois Digital Partners Institute fo...
Jun 19, 2018
Preckwinkle: No new county taxes or fees planned for 2019
The county budget briefing was held behind this closed door with an unexplained office title. (Photo Credit – Bill Cameron WLS-AM News) By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Cook County ...
Jun 19, 2018
Quigley: Trump has made our nation “sick”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago Congressman Mike Quigley says President Trump has made our nation “sick.” At the City Club, Quigley argued that Trump policies like aggravati...
Jun 18, 2018
Red Cross: Safeguard Against Soaring Temps
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois wants to remind everyone to be safe in the heat as temperatures promise to rise this weekend. Su...
Jun 16, 2018
Lake County Warns Of Jury Duty Scam
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (WAUKEGAN, IL) — Lake County’s 19th Judicial Circuit Court's Jury Commission says it has received notification of several occurrences where individuals had be...
Jun 15, 2018
Musk: High speed transit tunnel travel safer than roads
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) One of the interesting issues with Elon Musk’s high speed O'Hare to Downtown transit tunnel proposal is safety. Doing 150 miles an hour in a tunnel doesn&#...
Jun 15, 2018
