Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago man dies 4 years after suffering gunshot to head
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a Chicago-area man died last fall from injuries suffered in a 2013 shooting on the city’s West Side. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Cook County medical exami...
Jan 19, 2018
Illinois sheriff helping people find opioid antidote drug
CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois sheriff is launching an email helpline to help people find an antidote drug used to revive opioid overdose victims. In a news release on Wednesday, Cook County Sheriff Tom D...
Jan 19, 2018
Rauner, Emanuel spar on Amazon Headquarters Bid
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Bruce Rauner put a negative spin on the Amazon Headquarters bid because of our “corrupt” politics. Mayor Rahm Emanuel – in reaction to...
Jan 19, 2018
U of Illinois withdrew 35 job offers after background checks
CHICAGO (AP) - New data from the University of Illinois’ expanded background-checks policy show that the school withdrew 35 job offers across three campuses last year. The (Champaign) News-Gazet...
Jan 19, 2018
Chicago Top Five City For Bed Bugs
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (ATLANTA) — Illinois has again made a list that most wouldn’t brag about. The Orkin Pest Control company has released their list for top 50 cities with bed bu...
Jan 18, 2018
UPDATE: 11 cold deaths reported in Cook County so far this season
(CHICAGO) A man found dead on the South Side and a woman found dead in west suburban Berwyn are Cook County's 10th and 11th cold deaths of the season. A man was found at Ashland and Archer avenues and...
Jan 18, 2018
2 Illinois governor candidates spend $26M in last 3 months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The November election race for Illinois governor cost $28 million just for the last three months of 2017. Campaign finance disclosure reports filed this week show that $9 of e...
Jan 18, 2018
Judge orders intractable pain onto marijuana treatment list
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has ordered the state of Illinois to expand the qualifying conditions for medical marijuana use to include intractable pain. The order issued Tuesday by Cook County Circuit Judg...
Jan 18, 2018
Deadline to redeem unclaimed $1 million lottery ticket nears
STONE PARK, Ill. (AP) - A $1 million Powerball prize purchased in a Chicago suburb could soon be a stone-cold bust. Illinois Lottery this week urged players to check old tickets because the deadline f...
Jan 18, 2018
ICE Director: Sancutary City politicos should be charged with crimes
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) While the Trump-Durbin immigration fight has been capturing the headlines lately, there’s another Trump administration immigration fight with Mayor Emanuel...
Jan 18, 2018
