Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, the Republican tax plan is causing a flurry of activity at the Cook County Treasurer’s offices. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas predicted ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM (CHICAGO) ln the scandal over the Quincy Veterans home where 13 vets have died in two outbreaks of Legionaries Disease, Governor Bruce Rauner won’t move the vets. Some sa...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago judge has again rejected a defense motion to dismiss first-degree murder and other charges against a police officer in the fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Ju...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Here on the day the Republican tax reform plan gets final approval, Governor Bruce Rauner is finally taking a position on it. Rauner’s position is to take ...

  By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger of south suburban Channahon, is criticizing his own party’s handling of the upcoming government shutdown threa...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Today’s a red-letter day in the history of Chicago. The first Mayor Daley – Richard J. Daley – collapsed and died in his doctor’s office ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A former employee at Chicago’s United Center is facing felony charges after he allegedly sent nearly $600,000 in ticket refunds that customers never asked for to his own accounts....

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Here's the rundown on how the House members from Illinois voted on the sweeping tax reform bill. Illinois Democrats all voted no, right in line with what Chicago...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A nearly $2 billion high-speed Amtrak rail project in Illinois is in its final phase of construction. The State Journal-Register reports that the Amtrak passenger service at s...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago-area commuter rail agency says it’s modifying travel schedules and offering passes for unlimited travel during the holiday season. Metra says the $8 passes will allow ...