Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Hospital reopening after closure due to floods, power outage
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago hospital is reopening after being evacuated and closed last week due to power outages caused by flooding. Northwestern Medicine says in a statement that cli...
Jul 18, 2017
Madigan Takes On FCC
FILE – In this Aug. 21, 2014 file photo, Illinois Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan speaks at a news conference, in Chicago. Madigan’s office has issued an opinion stating that privately transmit...
Jul 18, 2017
Illinois budget gives temporary fix for public universities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A new Illinois budget will give public universities funding for the 2017-18 school year. The Chicago Tribune reports that this is the first time in two years that the state...
Jul 18, 2017
Schaumburg hires consultant to design entertainment district
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago suburb will pay a consultant nearly $250,000 to create a master plan for an entertainment district. The Daily Herald reports that Schaumburg trustees approved the con...
Jul 18, 2017
WEATHER: Hot and humid
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Ray Stagich TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY CONTINUE TO RISE. HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD REACH 90 BY TOMORROW Today|Partly cloudy skies. High 87F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Toni...
Jul 18, 2017
llinois expands disaster proclamation; more floods possible
ALGONQUIN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has added Cook County, which includes Chicago, to a state disaster proclamation amid flooding in the north of the state, warning there could be evacua...
Jul 17, 2017
Coast Guard rescues 4 during Lake Michigan boat race
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued four people from a capsized boat on Lake Michigan during the annual Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Island, Michigan. The Coast Guard says the...
Jul 17, 2017
Supreme Court justice, appellate judge to speak in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set to appear on stage with a federal appellate judge in Chicago. Ginsburg and Ann Claire Williams will hold a conversation at Chicago’...
Jul 17, 2017
Illinois universities get 1st state aid in 7 months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has tapped nearly $700 million in existing funds to make the first payment to colleges and universities they’ve received in seven months. Comptroller Susana Men...
Jul 17, 2017
Indiana governor ‘stoked’ to unveil list of roads projects
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb says he is “incredibly stoked” to announce a list of infrastructure projects that will get funding over the next five years. The Republican go...
Jul 17, 2017
