Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago-area mayor joins Rauner push for property tax freeze
ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago mayor is joining Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in calling for a permanent freeze on property taxes. Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau (PEE’-cow) says he is...
May 30, 2017
U of Illinois trustees’ retreat to address free speech
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois officials say free speech and campus culture will be the focus of the board of trustees’ annual retreat this summer. The News-Gazette reports the plans...
May 29, 2017
McHenry Man Shot, Police Investigating
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (McHenry) — Police are investigating after a 52-year-old man was shot during a home invasion early Saturday in unincorporated McHenry. The man was found shot and seriou...
May 29, 2017
Army veteran receives Bronze Star 64 years after discharge
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago veteran has finally received his Bronze Star Medal 64 years after he was discharged from the Army. Edward-Elmhurst Health said in a news release 89-year-old ...
May 29, 2017
Report: DCFS Joliet office had contest to close most cases
CHICAGO (AP) - A report says the Joliet office of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services offered $100 gift cards to workers closing the most cases just months before a missing 1-year-...
May 29, 2017
Union official accused of defrauding Social Security
CHICAGO (AP) - A former union official has been indicted on charges he fraudulently qualified for early retirement benefits from the Social Security Administration. Federal prosecutors say John A. Mat...
May 29, 2017
Metra to repair, replace bridges, build new station
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s suburban commuter rail service will spend more than $48 million to replace or repair several bridges and rebuild a station on the city’s North Side. Metra says in ...
May 29, 2017
Chicago inmates can order fancy Italian pizza made in jail
By Don Babwin, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago jail has started offering gourmet Italian pizzas to inmates. For the past few weeks, inmates have been able to order a pizza made by fellow inm...
May 28, 2017
Illinoisans encouraged to observe ‘Moment of Remembrance’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois veterans’ advocates are urging Illinois residents to observe a moment of silence on Memorial Day to honor the National Moment of Remembrance . The Illinois Depa...
May 28, 2017
WEATHER: Rain chances increase today, decrease for Memorial Day
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) The chance for showers and thunderstorms increase for Sunday, while the chances decrease for Memorial Day. isoloated showers and thunderstorms ca...
May 28, 2017
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