Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
WEATHER: High pressure thru tomorrow, precip chances on Wednesday
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Geoff Maurer HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL THROUGH TUESDAY WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES RETURNING BY WEDNESDAY. Today|Partly cloudy & warmer. High 82F. Winds S at...
Oct 02, 2017
Rauner explains signing abortion bill
CHICAGO (AP) - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he understands the moral objections to abortion but signed into law expanded coverage for them because he believes all women should have the same healt...
Sep 30, 2017
Pearl Jam and Chicago Cubs combine in film ‘Let’s Play Two’
NEW YORK (AP) - To many fans of Pearl Jam, the band’s two-concert stand last summer at Wrigley Field in Chicago was epic. What happened a few months later at that hallowed venue was also pretty ...
Sep 30, 2017
Indiana court weighs Lake Michigan beachfront access case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana’s highest court is weighing whether landowners along the state’s slice of Lake Michigan must allow the public access to the beach. The Indiana Supreme Court hea...
Sep 30, 2017
WEATHER: Cool weekend, then warmer next week
Meteorologist Ken Boone Cooler this weekend before warmer conditions early next week Today|Some clouds in the morning will give way to mainly sunny skies for the afternoon. High 67F. Winds E at...
Sep 30, 2017
Rauner signing of abortion bill angers conservatives
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Republicans and anti-abortion groups are denouncing Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner for signing a bill expanding abortion rights in Illinois. The bill,...
Sep 29, 2017
SCOTUS Takes Up Union Dues Case
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The United States Supreme Court Thursday has decided to take up a case where an Illinois man says it is against his freedom of speech to pay into unions...
Sep 28, 2017
City seeks millions from Equifax
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Ed Burke have filed a City of Chicago lawsuit against Equifax for its massive data breach. It’s a consumer fraud lawsuit th...
Sep 28, 2017
Suburban Congressman goes to White House to talk infrastructure
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) West Suburban Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski appeared on WLS Thursday morning, just after his White House visit to discuss a massive, multi-billion dollar i...
Sep 28, 2017
Financial firm heads accused in Chicago of insider trading
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors in Chicago have charged a former financial analyst and former investment banker with securities fraud for alleged insider trading. The U.S. attorney’s office s...
Sep 28, 2017
