Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Defunct funeral home employee charged over ‘pre-need’ funds
HOBART, Ind. (AP) - The former treasurer of a defunct northern Indiana funeral home faces felony charges for allegedly misusing funds set aside for customers’ funerals. A Lake County judge enter...
Mar 14, 2018
Student Walkout Today
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) - Students across Chicago and the suburbs plan to walk out of class Wednesday. The walkouts are planned for 17 minutes to honor the 17 Parkland, Florida high sc...
Mar 14, 2018
Illinois treasurer opposes bill to limit audit authority
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois treasurer said he opposes a bill that would take away his office’s authority to hire auditors to help recover residents’ unclaimed property. Businesse...
Mar 14, 2018
Rauner vetoes gun dealer licensing bill
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) One week before the primary, Governor Bruce Rauner has decided to veto the controversial gun dealer licensing bill. Down in Southern Illinois on WJPF Radio, Raun...
Mar 13, 2018
35 tons of catfish products produced in Mississippi recalled
ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi company is recalling around 35 tons (31.75 metric tons) of catfish products that might have been tainted by a compound that poses a public health concern. The U.S...
Mar 13, 2018
Tony Blair chosen as recipient of Lincoln Leadership Prize
CHICAGO (AP) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is the recipient of this year’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation’s Lincoln Leadership Prize. Blair will be awarded th...
Mar 13, 2018
More Illinois universities adding digital currency classes
CHICAGO (AP) - Digital currency is becoming a fundamental part of some finance courses at Illinois universities. The price of bitcoin increasing at more than $19,000 late last year led many people on ...
Mar 13, 2018
Rauner signs new Medicaid funding plan for hospitals
By SARAH ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a Medicaid funding plan Monday that aims to ensure hospitals in impoverished communities are adequately ...
Mar 13, 2018
Not Guilty Plea Entered in Police Commander’s Death
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The four-time felon accused of killing Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer has entered a plea to a 56-count indictment. Shomari Legghette has pleaded not guil...
Mar 12, 2018
Chicago announces new funding to battle opioid crisis
CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is spending an additional $225,000 to battle the opioid epidemic. In a news release, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says the money is being spent on a new partner...
Mar 12, 2018
