Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Sears is at risk of default, and shares plunged to record lows
By Chris Isidore Sears is at risk of defaulting on its debt according to credit rating agency Standard & Poors. And that sent its already battered stock to record lows Friday. S&P downgraded S...
Jan 26, 2018
Faculty, students protest Bannon invitation to U of Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - University of Chicago faculty and students are protesting an invitation to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon to participate in a debate on immigration and globalization. ...
Jan 26, 2018
Report: Immigration crackdown could cost Illinois a congressional seat
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A new report says Illinois could lose at least one congressional seat after the upcoming census, because of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrat...
Jan 26, 2018
Illinois and Chicago did record film business in 2017
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago and Illinois did record film business last year. Chicago looks great on TV in the Chicago series and in movies and commercials. At the City Club, Chris D...
Jan 25, 2018
State Still Urging Flu Shot
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The influenza activity level in Illinois remains widespread, so much so, that the state is encouraging those who still haven’t gotten a ...
Jan 25, 2018
Proposal to ban tackle football for kids under 12
By Bill Cameron,. WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Because of the growing concern about CTE in football players, a new state law has been proposed by State Representative Carol Sente of Vernon Hills, to ban tack...
Jan 25, 2018
Illinois college fires professor charged in Iowa shootings
PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - Harper College in suburban Chicago has fired a professor charged in Iowa with shooting at vehicles earlier this month. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports the Pal...
Jan 25, 2018
Glenview In Running For EPA Award
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has announced the formal nomination to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizing the t...
Jan 24, 2018
New US Attorney in Chicago says he’s never talked to Trump
CHICAGO (AP) - The new U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois says President Donald Trump never tried to speak to him before the president nominated him for the position. John R. Lausch J...
Jan 24, 2018
Toys R Us closing seven Chicago area stores
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Toy retailer Toys R Us is announcing plans to close seven stores in the Chicago area. It is part of an overall plan to close 20 percent of its U.S. stores, or...
Jan 24, 2018
