Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Will Preckwinkle veto the pop tax repealer?
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The penny per ounce pop tax comes up for a vote in the Finance Committee of the Cook County Board today, and the outcome is not in doubt, but what President Toni...
Oct 10, 2017
Crews work on Lake County museum before planned 2017 opening
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The final phase of work at Lake County museum has begun. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County is projected to open at t...
Oct 10, 2017
WEATHER: One to two inches of rainfall by tonight
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Mark Thibodeau ANOTHER SLOW MOVING FRONT ENTERS TUESDAY WITH SOME 1-2″ RAINFALL TOTALS BY TONIGHT…. Tonight | Increasing clouds with periods of showers lat...
Oct 10, 2017
Emanuel and Gutierrez push back on Trump’s wall
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) President Trump is demanding the border wall plus a crackdown on children fleeing Central America in exchange for letting undocumented Dreamers stay in the U.S. ...
Oct 09, 2017
$50M lawsuit filed against former Chicago priest
CHICAGO (AP) - A lawsuit seeking more than $50 million in damages has been filed against the Archdiocese of Chicago and a former priest who was convicted of child molestation. The lawsuit filed Thursd...
Oct 09, 2017
Greater number of students leaving Illinois for college
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state of Illinois is among the states leading the nation in the number of college freshmen pursuing higher education in other states. The Illinois Board of Higher Educatio...
Oct 09, 2017
Cook County gets $1.85 million grant for criminal justice reform
(CHICAGO) Cook County's efforts to reduce the number of people locked up in the county jail have reaped praise and a $1.85 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporti...
Oct 09, 2017
Sunny start to week, cooler with rain Tuesday
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Geoff Maurer Dry with above average temperatures through Columbus Day. Today|Sunny. High 77F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight|A few clouds. Low near 60F. Winds NNE ...
Oct 09, 2017
Indiana man sitting on tracks is killed by commuter train
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - Northern Indiana transit police are investigating the death of a man who was sitting on rail tracks when he was struck by a South Shore passenger train. The Northern Indiana...
Oct 07, 2017
Prosecutors seek maximum sentence in Chicago terrorism case
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors want the maximum 15-year prison term for a young Chicago-area man who sought to join an al-Qaida-linked group fighting Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria. They requested t...
Oct 07, 2017
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