Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago tries rat birth control to attack rodent problem
By John Dempsey (CHICAGO) The City of Chicago is now looking at birth control for rats as a way to curb the city’s burgeoning rat population. The City Department of Streets and Sanitation is goi...
Jul 26, 2017
Dog sculptures downtown Chicago honor police canine unit
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 100 sculptures of German shepherds are standing guard around downtown Chicago to pay tribute to the police department’s canine unit. The public art installation is part ...
Jul 26, 2017
Officials in Will County conduct sweep targeting gangs
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say they’ve made several arrests, seized 31 illegal guns and more than 200 grams of cocaine in Will County in an operation targeting area street gangs. In a news ...
Jul 26, 2017
Credit rating improves for 7 Illinois universities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A major credit agency has raised debt ratings and affirmed others for seven Illinois universities. S&P Global Ratings credited the state’s enactment of an annual bud...
Jul 26, 2017
Police OT on pace to set another record
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Even though Chicago is hiring more cops, police overtime is again on pace to set another record. Out of control police overtime was a record last year at $143M. ...
Jul 25, 2017
Alderman To Cubs: Just Relax
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — As the Chicago Cubs push the city to allow for more night games, Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) says everyone needs to relax. Cubs President of Business Operati...
Jul 25, 2017
Alderman: Restore city aviation officers to police status
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A group of aldermen are trying to restore city aviation officers status as full-fledged police. The infamous case of an aviation cop dragging a passenger down th...
Jul 25, 2017
City Council expected to approve $39M settlement in red light ticket suit
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The City Council Wednesday is expected to approve the $39M settlement of the red light ticket class action lawsuit. That will likely mean a big pay day for the l...
Jul 25, 2017
Thunderstorms exacerbate flooding in northern Illinois
ALGONQUIN, Ill. (AP) - Severe thunderstorms that brought heavy rain, hail and strong winds to northern Illinois have exacerbated recent flooding in some areas. The storms moved through Sunday, causing...
Jul 24, 2017
Ryan says special counsel Mueller is not ‘biased partisan’
MILWAUKEE (AP) - House Speaker Paul Ryan says special counsel Robert Mueller is not a biased partisan, even as President Donald Trump has decried the investigation into ties between his campaign and R...
Jul 24, 2017
