Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Expert: Illinois saw 6th warmest year on record during 2017
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois state climatologist says 2017 was the sixth warmest year on record in the state with an average temperature of 54.3 degrees, or 2 degrees above normal. Illinois Sta...
Jan 05, 2018
Yearly Auto Sales Off Slightly in 2017
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) General Motors, Toyota and Ford report a 1% decline in 2017 sales compared to the previous year. Fiat Chrysler’s sales fell 8%. Honda was flat and V...
Jan 04, 2018
Chicago inspector finds school employees ‘stole’ gift cards
CHICAGO (AP) - An inspector general has found several Chicago Public Schools employees “stole or misappropriated” thousands of dollars in gift cards set aside as incentives for students an...
Jan 04, 2018
Another arrest in Chicago police Facebook sting operation
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say they’ve made another arrest in an investigation in which officers infiltrated an invitation-only Facebook group to buy guns and drugs. Police said Wednesday tha...
Jan 04, 2018
Illinois plans to offer high school equivalency alternatives
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Community College Board is planning to roll out several alternative ways people can earn their high school equivalency certificate other than passing a test. The ...
Jan 04, 2018
Immigrant Army veteran’s case heard in federal appeals court
CHICAGO (AP) - A U.S. Army veteran from Mexico with a felony drug conviction has taken his deportation case to a federal appeals court. Miguel Perez Jr. came to the country legally. He joined the Army...
Jan 04, 2018
Gas Prices To Increase In 2018
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) It will be the second straight year motorists will be digging a little deeper as GasBuddy.com predicts the yearly national average will rise 19 cents versus las...
Jan 03, 2018
Chicago immigration court slows pace amid more cases
CHICAGO (AP) - Statistics show Chicago’s immigration court now has the second-longest average time to dispose of a case in the U.S. due to a spike in pending cases and the complexity of some of ...
Jan 03, 2018
Early pre-pay of property taxes creates windfall to county, city and schools
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The latest figures on Cook County homeowners pre-paying their property taxes finds 126,000 people paying $748 million. So long as the payments were made or postm...
Jan 02, 2018
Johnson touts new law to keep repeat gun offenders in prison longer
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Still hundreds of murders in Chicago every year, but a new law may mean fewer of them this year. Depending on who’s doing the counting, the police or the T...
Jan 02, 2018
