Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Palatine School district responds to transgender student’s lawsuit
PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago school district facing a lawsuit over a transgender student’s use of the girls’ locker room says the allegations misrepresent the accommodations ex...
Dec 06, 2017
Bootleg alcohol in state prisons on the rise, guard says
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois budget crisis has apparently driven state prison inmates to drink. Illinois prison guard Corey Knop told lawmakers Tuesday he’s seen more bootleg alcohol at...
Dec 06, 2017
Eleven candidates file petitions to replace Gutierrez in congress.
By Jolhn Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Eleven candidates have filed nominating petitions to replace retiring Chicago Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez, who made the surprise announcement last wee...
Dec 05, 2017
Former Rockford Congressman John Anderson, who ran for President in 1980, has died
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News Note: Bill Cameron reported on John Anderson's run for President in 1980 (CHICAGO) Former Rockford Congressman John Anderson who ran as an independent candidate for presid...
Dec 05, 2017
Key vote this week on Chicago O’Hare airport jet-noise plan
CHICAGO (AP) - A plan supporters say will more fairly distribute the annoyance of roaring jets flying in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport faces a key vote this week. The C...
Dec 05, 2017
Rauner spars with Ives over who can beat Democrats
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and his March 20th primary challenger, State Representative Jeanne Ives, are fighting about which one could actually win in Nove...
Dec 05, 2017
Unused tornado relief money will help fund other projects
WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A foundation that handled money for relief efforts following a 2013 tornado in central Illinois plans to use some of its leftover funds to partner with Habitat for Human...
Dec 04, 2017
Ex-mayor of Markham indicted in bribery scheme
MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) - A grand jury has indicted the former mayor of a poor Chicago suburb on charges he took part in a $300,000 bribery scheme involving city contractors. The Chicago Tribune rep...
Dec 04, 2017
Illinois’ 199th birthday kicks off bicentennial celebration
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois is kicking off a yearlong celebration leading to the state’s bicentennial. Sunday marks the Prairie State’s 199th anniversary. Daylong events are schedule...
Dec 04, 2017
Chicago-area’s tax disappears on soda, sugary drinks
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago-area’s penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sugary drinks is no more. The Cook County Board voted 15-2 in October to end the tax, just more than two months after it ...
Dec 02, 2017
