Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Worried about catching a cold or the flu on an airplane? Get a window seat, and don’t leave it until the flight is over. That’s what some ...

NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a husband and wife died after their car plunged into a retention pond in Chicago’s southwestern suburbs. Emergency crews were called to the scene in a New ...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Numerous media reports say an advance team from Amazon will be in Chicago this week to tour various potential sites for the company’s much-touted second he...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A new Indiana law will require companies that dredge sand along the state’s Lake Michigan shoreline to use it to replenish eroded beaches. Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the legisl...

CHICAGO (AP) - A state lawmaker says Illinois needs to consolidate some of its roughly 7,000 units of government to reduce local property taxes, and he thinks eliminating townships would be a good sta...

CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is increasing security at the lakefront Millennium Park this summer. City officials say starting May 19 there will be a security perimeter and bag check for all conc...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Taping “Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron” for Sunday night at 7, Democratic candidate for governor Chris Kennedy was controversial talking abou...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News   (CHICAGO) — It looks like some 1,100 students at Downers Grove North and South High Schools will have to serve detention for walking out of school on Wednesd...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Primary is Tuesday and in the race for governor, Democrat Daniel Biss is using one of Chris Kennedy’s lines against him, and against front-run...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The City Council Aviation Committee has approved the first step toward the $8.5 billion OHare Expansion. American Airlines briefly opposed the expansion, but cav...