Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Illinois’ strategy for digging out of debt: taking on more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers have an ironic strategy for digging out of debt: taking on more of it. The state recently adopted its first budget in two years. Spending in the meantime ha...
Jul 14, 2017
County Board members tell Preckwinkle to cut fat
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is threatening 1100 layoffs next week because the courts have put a hold on the new county sweetened beverage tax. H...
Jul 13, 2017
White Sox trade Jose Quintana to the Cubs.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A blockbuster trade Thursday morning involving the White Sox and the Cubs. The Sox are sending left-handed pitcher Jos Quintana to the Cubs for outfielder Eloy J...
Jul 13, 2017
Illinois employers to start withholding for new income tax
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state of Illinois has officially given human resources departments the information they need to start deducting more from workers’ paychecks. The Chicago Tribune rep...
Jul 13, 2017
UPDATE: Nearly 450 flights canceled at O’Hare and Midway
(LAKE COUNTY) Widespread flooding in north suburban Lake County has closed roads and halted Metra trains after a series of scattered thunderstorms hit the area overnight into Wednesday morning. The Na...
Jul 12, 2017
UPDATE: Metra expects to run normal evening rush hour after flooding
(CHICAGO) Metra is expecting to operate normal rush hour service Wednesday evening after trains were suspended earlier on the Milwaukee District North Line because of flooding. However, there may be m...
Jul 12, 2017
Hospital evacuated after power outage, floods remains closed
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago hospital remains closed after being evacuated due to power outages caused by flooding. Northwestern Medicine says in a statement on its website that power w...
Jul 12, 2017
19 aquariums across US part of effort to reduce plastics
CHICAGO (AP) - Nineteen aquariums across the U.S. are partnering in an effort to reduce plastic pollution in the Great Lakes, rivers and oceans. The new Aquarium Conservation Partnership announced Mon...
Jul 12, 2017
Group touts early success with new Chicago crime hotline
CHICAGO (AP) - An anti-crime group in Chicago says a new crime hotline established in May has generated more than 350 tips deemed credible enough to pass on to law enforcement. The Chicago Crime Commi...
Jul 12, 2017
2nd bidder steps forward for Chicago Sun Times
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A former Chicago Alderman says he has put together an investor group to try and buy the Chicago Sun Times. Former 43rd Ward Alderman Edwin Eisendrath says he and...
Jul 11, 2017
