Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Lake-effect snowfall hits parts of Indiana, Michigan
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Lake-effect snowfall causing poor visibility and slick roads slowed travel in parts of northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. The National Weather Service issued a winter ...
Dec 11, 2017
Emanuel pays tribute to longtime friend Claypool
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Under pressure, Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool has resigned over a breach of ethics. Claypool had to go because he was starting to affect the mayor&...
Dec 08, 2017
CPS head Forrest Claypool resigns under ethical cloud
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Under immense pressure, embattled Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool has finally resigned under an ethical cloud. Only a few days after the CPS Inspecto...
Dec 08, 2017
Illinois to have in-between tax rate for 2017 income
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois taxpayers will be paying an in-between rate on 2017 income as a result of the state’s tax increase. The State Journal-Register reports the Illinois Department o...
Dec 08, 2017
Hunters harvest more than 80K deer during firearm season
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Hunters harvested more than 80,000 deer during this year’s firearm season. That’s a slight increase over 2016. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said We...
Dec 08, 2017
Emanuel defends CPS head Claypool
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is defending his embattled Chicago Public School CEO Forrest Claypool. The CPS Inspector General is reportedly recommending Claypool be fired ...
Dec 07, 2017
Chicago School ethics chief says CEO Claypool should be fired
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Inspector General for the Chicago Public Schools has reportedly advised the school board that it should fire School CEO Forrest Claypool. The Chicago Tribune...
Dec 07, 2017
UPDATE: Man charged, 3 held after shooting, wild funeral procession from city
A still from dashcam video provided by Hillside police (HILLSIDE) A Chicago man has been charged and three others are being held in connection with a series of shootings Tuesday during a funeral proce...
Dec 07, 2017
Safety campaign raises awareness of Illinois ‘Move Over’ law
SCHILLER PARK, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner joined state officials to announce a new roadway safety campaign aimed at raising awareness of an Illinois law requiring motorists to move over for stopped...
Dec 07, 2017
Illinois Democrats ask high court to hear Blagojevich appeal
CHICAGO (AP) - Nineteen Illinois Democrats have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal by imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to help clarify the line between legal and illegal politic...
Dec 07, 2017
