Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Rauner asking state lege to sustain his budget veto
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has called legislators back Thursday afternoon to vote on an override of Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of the pendin...
Jul 05, 2017
Bulls Sign Markkanen
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The Chicago Bulls have signed forward Lauri Markkanen. Terms of the contract have not been released. Markkanen (7-0, 230) was selected seventh overall by ...
Jul 05, 2017
UPDATE: 100 shot, 13 fatally, in July 4 weekend gun violence across Chicago
(CHICAGO) Thirteen people were killed and 87 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago in a bloody Fourth of July weekend between Friday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Last year's Independence...
Jul 05, 2017
Forty-one states have refused request for voter information
By Liz Stark and Grace Hauck Forty-one states have refused the Trump administration’s request for certain voter information, according to a CNN inquiry to all 50 states. State leaders and voting...
Jul 05, 2017
2 held without bail after fatal shooting of 3 Chicago men
CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago men are being held without bond in connection with a shooting that left three people dead. Cook County prosecutors say Timothy Gordon and Jayton Dorsey on Friday sprayed the...
Jul 05, 2017
FBI vehicle stolen in Chicago found
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say they have found an FBI vehicle that was stolen in Chicago when an agent left it running at gasoline station. In a statement, Special Agent John Althen said the white 201...
Jul 05, 2017
U of Illinois to host conference on college student hunger
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois will hold a conference focusing on the problem of hunger in college students. Agricultural engineering professor Prasanta Kalita organized the effort to ...
Jul 05, 2017
WEATHER: Rain chances increase today, but dry again this weekend
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore (CHICAGO) After a relatively dry holiday weekend, chances for rain increase today. Today | Partly cloudy skies. High 86F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. To...
Jul 05, 2017
Illinois Senate takes no action on budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate adjourned on Monday without taking action on House-approved legislation to break the nation’s longest budget standoff since the Great Depression. The...
Jul 04, 2017
Theatrical producer Libby Adler Mages dies
CHICAGO (AP) - Famed Chicago-based theatrical producer Libby Adler Mages has died at the age of 93. Daughter Wendy Mages says her mother died of a heart attack Sunday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital...
Jul 04, 2017
