Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Southern Illinois prepares for influx of eclipse visitors
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Officials in southern Illinois are preparing for thousands of people to descend on the area to view the total solar eclipse. The Southern Illinoisan reports the Illinois Depart...
Aug 21, 2017
CNN poll: Americans’ eclipse viewing plans take shape
By Jennifer Agiesta About half of Americans (51%) have plans to watch the eclipse of the sun happening across the United States on August 21, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That figure cli...
Aug 21, 2017
Indiana State Fair asks vendors to drop Confederate goods
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Vendors at the Indiana State Fair have been asked to stop selling goods with Confederate symbols. The Indianapolis Star says the fair received complaints about Confederate f...
Aug 20, 2017
Fatal crashes down in Illinois 20 years after .08 law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois is marking the 20th anniversary of legislation that lowered the drunken driving limit to .08 blood-alcohol concentration. State officials said Friday that since the l...
Aug 20, 2017
Illinois officials warn about phony eclipse glasses
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois officials say residents should beware of fraudsters seeking to profit from the buzz surrounding Monday’s solar eclipse. The warning concerns the selling of eclipse glasse...
Aug 19, 2017
WEATHER: Enjoy the weekend
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Ray Stagich After possible overnight storms, it should clear up to be beautiful start to the weekend. Today|Partly cloudy skies. A stray shower or thunderstorm is poss...
Aug 19, 2017
Bloomberg funds $2 million in ads backing soda tax
CHICAGO (AP) - Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is throwing his support behind a Chicago-area sweetened beverage tax by financing an ad campaign backing the levy. Bloomberg’s charity anno...
Aug 18, 2017
Rauner says immigration bill ‘very reasonable’
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner says a plan that would limit cooperation between authorities in Illinois and federal immigration authorities “seems very reasonable.” The Republican said F...
Aug 18, 2017
Officials say soda tax no longer violates food stamp rules
CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County officials say a problem with the newly imposed sweetened beverage tax that jeopardized about $87 million in federal food stamp funds for Illinois has been solved. Retailers ...
Aug 18, 2017
Ford to pay up to $10.1M to settle harassment allegations
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Ford Motor Co. has agreed to pay up to $10.1 million to settle sexual and racial harassment allegations by workers at two Chicago-area plants. The settlement announced this week...
Aug 18, 2017
