Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Indiana governor, state GOP form joint fundraising effort
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has started a new entity to raise money for his campaign committee and the state Republican Party. The Team Holcomb political action committee that...
Jul 11, 2017
Race to debut in honor of Illinois cyclist who died in crash
ELGIN, Ill. (AP) - A new bicycle race will debut in Illinois named after a cyclist who died two years ago in an accident with a vehicle. The Dennis Jurs Memorial Race is scheduled for July 18 in Elgin...
Jul 11, 2017
Rauner rejects treasurer’s call to back budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office is rejecting calls from the Democratic state treasurer to stave off fiscal crisis with personal visits to New York bond houses. Treas...
Jul 11, 2017
Emanuel calls Rauner “Governor Roadblock”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois may have a budget, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Bruce Rauner are still fighting. The Governor is expected to veto a bill on how state school aid ...
Jul 10, 2017
Activists charged after banner hung at Chicago’s Trump Tower
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors have brought felony charges against four of six Greenpeace activists accused of unfurling a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago to protest the president’s stance on glo...
Jul 10, 2017
Judge tosses suit by consumer angered by ointment in tube
CHICAGO (AP) - Anyone who has ever struggled to get a last bit of toothpaste or other substance out of a tube may have pulled for an Illinois woman who literally tried to make a federal case out of ju...
Jul 10, 2017
Chicago museum gets $82K grant to preserve WWII submarine
CHICAGO (AP) - The National Park Service has awarded a grant to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry to help preserve and expand access to its U-505 submarine. The park service announced the...
Jul 10, 2017
NTSB: Passenger chaos after American engine explosion, fire
CHICAGO (AP) - Passengers aboard an American Airlines 767 that suffered an engine failure and fire last year climbed over seats and pressured flight attendants to evacuate the plane as the second engi...
Jul 09, 2017
Population growth a target of Chicago zoo’s condom giveaway
CHICAGO (AP) - A group promoting biological diversity passed out condoms at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo to draw attention to the impact of human population growth on wildlife and the environment....
Jul 09, 2017
WI Home owners don’t have to let assessors in to challenge tax
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court says statutes requiring home owners to let assessors inside before they can challenge their property taxes are unconstitutional as applied to a pair of...
Jul 09, 2017
