Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Bus boarding area to reopen Tuesday at CTA 95th Street Terminal
The west bus boarding area will reopen Tuesday night at the CTA’s 95th Street Terminal following several weeks of construction. | CTA (CHICAGO) Part of the CTA's 95th Street Bus Terminal w...
Dec 18, 2017
Ex-cop sentenced for tipping off friend about drug arrest
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has sentenced a former Chicago police officer to five years in prison for tipping off the target of an undercover drug probe who was a friend from high school. Ronald Coleman wa...
Dec 15, 2017
Judge: Video gambling profits must be split with operators
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has ruled that Illinois video gambling parlors must continue to evenly split their profits with companies that operate the terminals. The Chicago Tribune reports Cook County Jud...
Dec 15, 2017
Chicago Transit Authority to raise 2018 train, bus fares
CHICAGO (AP) - Bus and train commuters are going to have to pay more for Chicago Transit Authority rides next year. The transit agency’s board on Wednesday unanimously approved raising fares by ...
Dec 15, 2017
City to provide new ID for “undocumented communities”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel and City Clerk Anna Valencia kicked-off the city’s new municipal ID program called CityKey. For ten bucks, the undocumented immigrants can no...
Dec 14, 2017
Racial discrimination suit filed against Cook County Assessor
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed by two community organizations against Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios. The lawsuit argues that the way Berrios a...
Dec 14, 2017
Chicago museum won’t host city science fair after 2018
CHICAGO (AP) - Officials with the Museum of Science and Industry say the museum will no longer host the Chicago Public Schools science fair after 2018. The Chicago Tribune reports that museum official...
Dec 14, 2017
Pritzker blaming Rauner for Legionnaires’ deaths at Quincy
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Democrat Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker is blaming Governor Rauner for 13 Legionnaires’ disease deaths at the Quincy Veterans home. Pritzke...
Dec 13, 2017
Talk returns about Mayor Emanuel’s national ambitions
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Whaddya think? Does Mayor Rahm Emanuel turning up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and suing the Trump administration on national issues mean he’s ang...
Dec 13, 2017
Trump comments on Moore loss, tax vote
[van id=”politics/2017/12/13/trump-moore-loss-republican-senate-seat-sot.cnn”] President Trump comments on the loss of the Alabama Republican Senate seat ahead of the tax reform vote.
Dec 13, 2017
